Tag: photosynthesis

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, Children of Light, circulation, coincidences, doctors, electromagnetic radiation, fine-tuning, Fire-Maker, gamma rays, hydrologic cycle, light, metabolism, Michael Denton, photosynthesis, plate tectonics, radio waves, Sarah Chaffee, sun, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water, universe, water, wavelength}

We Are Children of Light and Water: Dr. Michael Denton

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 10, 2025

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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“In this vast range, there’s only one…infinitesimally small band which has the right energy for photosynthesis,” a prerequisite for human life. Coincidence? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atmosphere, biochemistry, Book of Nature, creatures, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Daniel Reeves, divine design, earth, Emily Reeves, engineering, enzymes, hydrogen, intelligent design, oxygen, photosynthesis, Photosystem II, plant leaves, plants, Robert Boyle, Sabbatarians, Sabbath, scientists, solar panels, vegetation, water molecule, wisdom}

Green Creatures: The Intelligent Design of Plants

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2025

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Emily Reeves notes the operation of photosystem II, “the only enzyme in nature that is known to be able to split a water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen." Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Alistair Evans, Animal Algorithms, bird beaks, Current Biology, David Klinghoffer, eagle, enthalpy, entropy, eukaryotes, evolutionary biologists, Evolutionary Game Theory, godwit, Gutenberg University, humidity, John Harte, Kathleen Garland, mice, Monash University, Murphy’s Laws of Technology, ostrich, phase transition, photosynthesis, physics, physics envy, Plato's Revenge, pressure, Richard Sternberg, spoonbill, teleology, temperature, The Conversation, volume, Weasel program}

Physics Envy Is Not Helping Evolutionary Biology

_{David Coppedge
April 30, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Biology is very different from physics. But if living things are entirely describable by atoms and forces, shouldn’t laws of physics apply to them, too? 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

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

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 10, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Antarctic, atmosphere, Children of Light, chloroplasts, earth, electromagnetic spectrum, elements, Michael Denton, naturalism, Periodic Table, photosynthesis, radiation, stars, sun, theism, visual light, water}

The Wonder of Sunlight: Appreciating the Remarkable Coincidences that Make Life Possible

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 10, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

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It is easy to imagine a plethora of scenarios where, if our universe were just slightly different, photosynthesis could not take place. 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
Günter Bechly

Date
May 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Paleontology
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", abduction, anomalies, artifacts, Avalon explosion, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Carboniferous Insect Explosion, Charles Darwin, Climbing Mount Improbable, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Doubt, Devonian Nekton Revolution, explosions, Fossil Friday (series), George Gaylord Simpson, GOBE, gradualism, great Ordovician biodiversification event, Lower Cambrian, molecular biology, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, paleontology, photosynthesis, population genetics, predictions, random mutations, revolutions, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, specified complexity, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Greatest Show on Earth}

Fossil Friday: Discontinuities in the Fossil Record — A Problem for Neo-Darwinism

_{Günter Bechly
May 10, 2024

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Paleontology

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The fossil record generally documents a discontinuous history of life with sudden appearances of new body plans and new forms of life in saltational events. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 21, 2023

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Andrew Knoll, animals, annelids, arthropods, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Charnia, Cnidaria, Darwin's Doubt, Douglas Erwin, echinoderms, Ediacaran biota, fact check, flatworms, James Valentine, Mistaken Point, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, photosynthesis, precambrian fossils, Science Alert, seafloor, Sean B. Carroll, Stephen Meyer, sunlight}

Fact Check: No, Two Teens Did NOT “Accidentally Solve” Darwin’s Dilemma

_{Casey Luskin
September 21, 2023

Botany, Evolution, Paleontology

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"It looked like a fern. But as a budding geologist, [UK teenager Tina] Negus knew these 600 million year old rocks were too old to host such a plant." Read More ›

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Date
July 16, 2023

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Children of Light, electromagnetic radiation, Fire-Maker, human life, ID the Future, intelligent design, light, Michael Denton, organic life, photosynthesis, podcast, Privileged Species, Sarah Chaffee, sun, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water, water}

Listen: Children of Light — and Water — With Michael Denton

_{Science and Culture
July 16, 2023

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

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The sun has a fantastic range of electromagnetic radiation, from high-energy gamma rays all the way to long wavelength radio waves. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, ATP synthase, biomass, carbon, chloroplasts, coccolithophores, Current Biology, diatoms, dinoflagellates, endosomes, eukaryotic cells, evolution, intelligent design, life, molecular machines, oceans, organelles, photosynthesis, phytoplankton, Rubisco}

How the “Other” ATP Synthase Saves the Planet

_{David Coppedge
July 10, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A lesser-known rotary engine within cells is responsible for a substantial portion of gases and nutrients that sustain the biosphere. Read More ›