Tag: minerals

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 5, 2025

Categories
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A. G. Werner, apatite, aquamarine, Australia, bacteria, bone, calcium, collagen, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, dinosaurs, enamel, fluoridated water, fluoride toothpaste, food, fungi, geology, homonyms, Howard Glicksman, igneous rocks, lava, magma, metamorphic rocks, Michael Denton, microbes, minerals, Mohs hardness scale, osteocytes, phosphorus, Privileged Species, Quartz, Secrets of the Human Body, sharks, teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex}

How We Bite with Apatite: The Wonders of a Hard Mineral

_{David Coppedge
September 5, 2025

Geology, Intelligent Design

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Explore the features of a remarkable mineral erupted from volcanoes that is found in our teeth. How did it get there? Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
January 15, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, civilization, earth, fluid flow, gold, habitability, jewelry, life, lubricants, mantle, minerals, mining, planets, subduction zones, sulfur}

Earth’s Gold-Mining Machine

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
January 15, 2025

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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Earth operates an extraordinary natural factory that concentrates gold from barely detectable amounts into rich deposits that humans can mine. How? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 18, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, biological systems, blood, capillaries, carbon dioxide, cells, chloroplasts, complex life, Fred Hoyle, hydrological cycle, ice, intelligent design, Michael Denton, minerals, oceans, photosynthesis, prior probability, surface tension, The Wonder of Water, universal solvent, viscosity, water, weathering}

The Properties of Water Point to Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 18, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

7}

It becomes increasingly difficult to deny what Fred Hoyle called a “common sense interpretation of the facts.” Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 14, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Botany
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, bacteria, cofactors, copper, early Earth, Earth’s crust, enzymes, evolution, habitability, hemoglobin, intelligent design, iron ore, just-so stories, life, metals, microbes, microbial life, minerals, photosynthesis}

Metals and Life — A Balancing Act

_{Eric Hedin
May 14, 2024

Biochemistry, Botany, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

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The complementary interaction between metals and life provides yet another example of our existence relying upon multiple levels of design. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 4, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, Bijan Nemati, Dallas, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, earth, ecosystems, events, Guillermo Gonzalez, human body, intelligent design, laws of nature, minerals, nitrogen, oxygen, science and faith}

Dallas Conference: How Earth Was Designed for Technological Advancement

_{Brian Miller
February 4, 2024

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics, Technology

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I will explain how the fine-tuning of the laws of physics, our planet, and life interrelate in symphonic harmony to allow humans to advance technologically. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, capillaries, diffusion, Eric Anderson, hormones, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, intelligent design, just-so stories, liver, minerals, osmosis, Steve Laufmann, Your Design Body}

Dr. Glicksman: How Life Leverages the Laws of Nature

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 21, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medicine

2}

In the “just so” stories of the Darwinian narrative, these engineering solutions simply evolved. They emerged and got conserved. Read More ›

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Author
Carl Linnaeus

Date
August 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, asteroid, chiral centers, chromatography, enzymes, evaporation, glycine, heating, homochirality, minerals, oligopeptides, organic compounds, peptide bond, polymers, polypeptides, prebiotic world, ribose, RNA}

Origin of Life: The Challenge of Achieving Homochirality with Mineral Surfaces

_{Carl Linnaeus
August 10, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

7}

There are sound counterarguments to the plethora of schemes that OOL researchers devise in trying to account for how life could have emerged abiotically. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 11, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, British Columbia, earth, freedom, Genesis, human body, human history, humans, intelligent design, J.R.R. Tolkien, minerals, nature, Periodic Table, rare earth elements, stewardship, Washington State}

Complementary Design: Nature and Gardens

_{Eric Hedin
July 11, 2023

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

6}

Evidence of intelligent design shines forth when we consider how the complementarity of human need and tended earth enhances the well-being of both. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Astrobiology (journal), Bruce Lipshutz, Dave Farina, early Earth, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, investigator intervention, James Tour, Lee Cronin, minerals, nucleoside triphosphates, nucleotides, phosphate, prebiotic chemists, Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy, ribose, RNA, Steve Benner, synthetic chemists, YouTube videos}

Jim Tour Unmasks Steve Benner’s Double Standard and Inaccurate Commentary on the Origin of Life

_{Brian Miller
February 21, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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If Benner assessed his experiments by the same standard he applied to others, he would have acknowledged that his attempts have yielded nothing of value. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 29, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, astrobiology, Astrobiology Magazine, calcium, carbon, chlorine, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, earth, elements, hydrogen, intelligence, intelligent design, magnesium, Mars, microbes, mineralogy, minerals, NASA, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, Robert Hazen, selenium, Stephen Jay Gould, sulfur, The Privileged Planet, Titan}

Rare Earth: How Vital Minerals “Evolve”

_{David Coppedge
August 29, 2022

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Planetology, Rare Earth

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It's intriguing that life as we know it depends on a seemingly un-natural distribution of minerals. Read More ›