Tag: nacre

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 31, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, bats, beetles, Biomimetics, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwinism, Dogs, echolocation, Engineering Research Group, Howard Glicksman, nacre, Netherlands, New Scientist, nose, oysters, PLOS ONE, Steve Laufmann, Switzerland, University of Illinois, University of Virginia}

New Engineering Ideas from Biology

_{David Coppedge
January 31, 2023

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

9}

The 2023 Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, organized by the CSC's Engineering Research Group, is set for June 1-3 in Denton, Texas. Read More ›

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post

Date
August 6, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, biomineralization, Charles Darwin, evolution, Germany, intelligent design, Japan, mother-of-pearl, nacre, Natural History Museum, oysters, pearls, PNAS, Scientific Reports, sea urchins, spicules}

By Design — How Pearls Get Their Luster

_{Science and Culture
August 6, 2021

Intelligent Design

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The highly valued optical properties of pearls come from sophisticated processes of biomineralization involving proteins and crystals. Read More ›

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post

Date
August 11, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), American Chemical Society, axon, Cambrian animals, China, Darwin's Dilemma, evolution, Foresight (book), Journal of Experimental Psychology, Marcos Eberlin, memory, mother-of-pearl, nacre, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Netherlands, PNAS, Science Advances, Shanghai Jiao Tong University}

In Defiance of Evolution, Hierarchical Design Is Ubiquitous in Biology

_{Science and Culture
August 11, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Design with interdependent layers presents a challenge to neo-Darwinism. Natural selection is oblivious to anything but an immediate beneficial variation. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Arizona State University, birds, cows, Darwinian evolution, echinoderms, feathers, Flight, Fox News, grasshoppers, gravity, materials science, mother-of-pearl, nacre, New York Post, robotics, Science (journal), skeleton, University of Southern California, Velcro}

Wise Oysters, Galloping Sea Stars, and More: Biological Marvels Keep Coming

_{Science and Culture
January 28, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

7}

There is more going on in biology than is dreamt of in materialist philosophy. Read More ›

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post

Date
November 27, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cilia, Cnidaria, comb jellies, crabs, crustaceans, Ctenophora, ctenophores, Current Biology, Darwin's Black Box, fossil record, honeycomb, jellyfish, lobsters, Michael Behe, mollusks, nacre, Porifera, Precambrian, shrimp, Swansea University, The Edge of Evolution, Tohoku University, University of Michigan}

Design in the First Animals

_{Science and Culture
November 27, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Scientists debate whether ctenophores are the earliest animals to appear in the Cambrian explosion. If so, they arrived with multiple tissues, a nervous system, and a digestive system. Read More ›

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post

Date
September 19, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, barnacles, BBC, Biomimetics, calcium, California, environmentalists, intelligent design, iron, materials science, mother-of-pearl, nacre, Paul Nelson, Penn State, spider silk, University of Connecticut}

Walnuts: Intelligent Design in a Nutshell — Literally

_{Science and Culture
September 19, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Walnut shells are found to create 3-D puzzles with tissues that even toothy squirrels can’t easily crack. Read More ›

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Date
May 16, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, astronauts, bacteria, Biomimetics, calcium carbonate, Darwinism, engineers, intelligent design, mother-of-pearl, nacre, North Carolina, Science Advances, swamps, University of Rochester, urea, Venus flytrap}

Human Designers Struggle to Match Biological Designs

_{Science and Culture
May 16, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

7}

Mother-of-pearl, or nacre, is not only a beautiful substance for jewelry and ceramics; it is a remarkable material. Read More ›