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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, anthropomorphism, bacteria, behavior, Curiosity rover, Darwinians, Duke University, flowers, herbivores, intelligence, intelligent design, leaves, memory, Nature (journal), nitrogen, programming, self-awareness, synthetic organic chemistry, tentacles, The New Yorker, trees, Wesley Smith}

The Superior Programming that Makes Plants Look Smart

_{David Coppedge
November 6, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Two signaling molecules — strigolactone and ethylene — can work independently to begin the process of leaf senescence. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 16, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, bears, blowhole, body temperature, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, diving, dolphin, evolution, Indohyus, intelligent design, lungs, mammals, milk, nitrogen, sea lion, testes, whales}

From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

_{Jonathan Wells
May 16, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Critics laughed, and he removed it from later editions, but Charles Darwin privately continued to believe that whales evolved from a “race of bears.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, algae, atmosphere, bacteria, biosphere, carbon, cells, cellular metabolism, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Greenland, heme, hydrogen, intelligent design, Michael Denton, neurons, nitrogen, nucleic acids, oxygen, phosphorus, PLOS ONE, Privileged Species, rare earth elements, supply chain, termites, The Miracle of Man, University of Pennsylvania, vitamin B12}

How the Earth Operates Supply Chains for Life

_{David Coppedge
February 27, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It’s no help having essential elements in the Earth’s crust if they can’t get to the organisms that need them. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 7, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Amazonia, biosphere, Cambrian Explosion, carbon, chlorophyll, Goldilocks Zone, Hunga-Tonga volcano, intelligent design, Michael Denton, Nature (journal), Nature Scientific Reports, nitrogen, oxygen theory, Paleozoic, phosphorus, phytoplankton, prior fitness, supply chain, vertebrates, volcanoes}

Is There Enough Phosphorus for Us?

_{David Coppedge
September 7, 2022

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

10}

The element phosphorus, on which life heavily depends for its codes and metabolic processes, is a limiting factor for complex beings on habitable planets. 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, earth, elements, hydrogen, intelligence, intelligent design, magnesium, Mars, microbes, minerals, NASA, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, Robert Hazen, 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 ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculture, ammonia, Canada, farming, fertilizer, inflation, Justin Trudeau, Netherlands, nitrogen, Reuters, Russia, technocrats}

Stifling Food Production to “Save the Planet”

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 27, 2022

Bioethics, Life Sciences

4}

After Sri Lanka’s government restricted non-organic fertilizer use, the economy and government collapsed. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, adenosine triphosphate, astrobiologists, atmosphere, ATP, China, coincidences, Current Biology, earth, Energy, enzymes, fertilizer, Japan, Leviticus, metals, Michael Denton, mitochondria, molecular machines, Morocco, New Scientist, nitrogen, nuts, Peru, phosphorus, phosphorylation, potassium, prior fitness, Privileged Species, Russia, seafood, soil, The Miracle of Man, theropod, Ukraine, University of Washington}

Miracle of Man: The Problem of Phosphorus

_{David Coppedge
July 6, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

10}

To complete the argument for prior fitness of the elements for our Privileged Species, we must deal with the availability of another essential element. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arizona State University, bacteria, environmentalists, intelligent design, landfills, magnetic field, magnetotactic bacteria, Michael Behe, microbes, microorganisms, nitrogen, plastics, Secrets of the Cell, U.C. Riverside, University of Texas, waste}

Wonderful Microbes Are the Planet’s Ecosystem Engineers

_{David Coppedge
June 6, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The few pathogens among bacteria give a bad rap to the majority that do wonderful things — for us and for our environment. Read More ›

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Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, carbon, David Coppedge, Europa, Europa Clipper, Ganymede, geophysics, Greenland, hydrogen, Jupiter, moons, NASA, nitrogen, ocean, oxygen, phosphorus, photosynthesis, seafloor, Stanford University, sulfur, water}

Why Scientists Think There Could Be Life on Europa

_{Science & Culture
June 1, 2022

Evolution, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Jupiter’s moon Europa, somewhat smaller than Earth’s moon, may have surface water and organic chemicals, researchers say. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
May 17, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, atmospheric gases, carbon dioxide, Carl Sagan, earth, extraterrestrial life, greenhouse effect, Homo sapiens, infrared radiation, intelligent design, light-eaters, metabolism, NASA, nitrogen, oxygen, ozone, photosynthesis, sun, sunlight, The Miracle of Man, Venus}

Earth’s Atmosphere Demonstrates Stunning Biocentric Fine-Tuning

_{Michael Denton
May 17, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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For photosynthesis to proceed on a planet like Earth, sunlight (visual light) must penetrate the atmosphere all the way to the ground. Read More ›