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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, cell biology, cells, DNA, endoplasmic reticulum, eukaryotes, evolution, intelligent design, membranes, mitochondria, molecular biology, molecular machines, organelles, paradigm shift, PLOS Biology, proteins, transfer RNA, tRNA}

Getting It Together: Tethers, Handshakes, and Multitaskers in the Cell

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2024

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Running a cell requires coordination. How do molecules moving in the dark interior of a cell know how and when to connect? Protein tethers offer new clues. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cervix, DNA, egg cell, fertilization, flagellum, foresight, Harvard University, human reproduction, infant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, seminal fluid, sperm, sperm cells, teleology, uterus, zygote}

No. 9 Story of 2023: Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 24, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 26, 2023

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biceps, bones, brain, cellular respiration, circulatory system, connective tissue, evolution, intelligent design, joints, mitochondria, motor neurons, movement, muscle contraction, muscle fibers, muscles, naturalism, nerves, nervous system, oxygen, physiology, respiratory system}

The Incredible Design of Muscles

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 26, 2023

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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At the very least, on the supposition of intelligent design, the existence of muscles is not particularly surprising. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, ATP, barnacles, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin's Black Box, evolution, fertilization, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jackson Wheat, Michael Behe, microtubules, middle piece, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nick Matzke, purifying selection, roundworm, sperm cells}

How NOT to Argue Against Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 9, 2023

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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This roundworm produces non-flagellated sperm, though these sperm cells are amoeboid, meaning that they move by extending and retracting protrusions. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, efficiency, electron transport chain, electrons, factory, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, membranes, Michael Behe, mitochondria, narrative gloss, Nature (journal), oxidative phosphorylation, PNAS, protists, Science Advances, superintelligence}

Compact Factory Optimizes Shape for Efficiency — A New Level of Intelligent Design in Life

_{David Coppedge
July 20, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

A microbe was found to organize its electron transport machinery in a way that bends the membrane for optimum energy utilization. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cervix, DNA, egg cell, fertilization, flagellum, foresight, Harvard University, human reproduction, infant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, seminal fluid, sperm cells, teleology, uterus, zygote}

On the Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 30, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Berlin, cell biology, communication, Darwinism, endoplasmic reticulum, evolution, fatty acids, genius, intelligent design, Lord Kelvin, mitochondria, Neil Thomas, organelles, Science (journal), starvation, University of North Carolina, Your Designed Body}

Engineering Language Enters Biology — The Case of the Endosome

_{David Coppedge
March 21, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

7}

An automated engineering system presupposes a designer with foresight and a mind that understands how to make things work. Read More ›

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Author
Tom Gilson

Date
March 4, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Technology
Tagged
, cell membrane, cell walls, Charles Darwin, computers, Discovery Institute, high school, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, intelligent design, mitochondria, molecular machines, nanomachines, nucleus, organelles, oxygen, podcasts, protoplasm, teachers, The Stream, Veritasium}

Why High School Biology Made Me Angry (And Why I Like It So Much Better Now)

_{Tom Gilson
March 4, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education, Technology

9}

Your own body has something like 30 trillion cells in it. That’s 30 trillion large cities’ worth of complexity. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 16, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, ATP synthase, bioRxiv, cryo-electron microscopy, Darwinism, EMBO Journal, evolutionary theory, information processing, lysosomes, materialists, mitochondria, organelles, signal transduction, signaling}

Mitochondria Promoted to Information Processing Systems

_{David Coppedge
November 16, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The label “powerhouses of the cell” was too simplistic for the many tasks performed every second by these computing, networking, signaling, regulating wonders. Read More ›

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Date
November 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bacteriophages, BioEssays, Biological Reviews, cellular life, censorship, cytoplasm, Dave Speijer, Evolution News, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, mitochondria, nucleic acid, proteins, viruses}

Revising the Linnaean System: Where to Locate Viruses? And the Problem with Mitochondria

_{Science & Culture
November 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The venue for a remarkable call for government censorship of science was a peer-reviewed biology journal. Read More ›