Tag: PLOS Biology

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anatomy, anger, auditory system, awareness, biochemistry, Biological Psychiatry, biology, botany, brain, central nervous system, Champalimaud Foundation, Darwinian evolution, design sense, Douglas Axe, engineering, environment, False Messiah, fear, Helene Langevin, holistic approach, homeostasis, hunger, insular cortex, intelligent design, interoception, joints, limbs, Lisbon, mice, microbiology, muscles, Neil Thomas, neurons, neuroscience, organs, parasites, physiology, PIEZO1, Piezo2, PLOS Biology, Portugal, proprioception, Scripps Research, somatosensory cortex, space, stress, Systems Biology, TIME, Trends in Neurosciences, Undeniable (book), Wen G. Chen, zoology}

Interoception: An Emerging Design Concept in Biology

_{David Coppedge
December 1, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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We’ve heard of proprioception, the awareness of our limbs in space and time, but interoception is a companion sense. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 26, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, astrobiologists, astrobiology, atmosphere, biosphere, complex specified information, evolutionists, Gaia, humans, information, information processing, intelligent design, life, plate tectonics, PLOS Biology, probabilities, prokaryotes, Universe Today, University of Edinburgh, volcanoes, water}

Astrobiologists Offer an “Information-Based View of the Biosphere”

_{David Coppedge
March 26, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Planetology

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Even if their estimates need to be revised by a terabase or two someday, they have made it clear that our biosphere is awash in information. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Caltech, cell biology, cells, condensates, DNA, droplets, endoplasmic reticulum, eukaryotes, evolution, intelligent design, membrane lipids, membranes, mitochondria, molecular biology, molecular machines, organelles, paradigm shift, peroxisomes, PLOS Biology, proteins, speckles, TIM, tom, 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
David Coppedge

Date
February 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, apoptosis, Charles Darwin, circulation, Current Biology, digestion, Drosophila melanogaster, evolution, feedback control, Flight, fruit flies, intelligent design, jointed appendages, natural selection, neurons, Nobel Prize, odors, PLOS Biology, saccades, Stephen Crane, timing}

Fruit Fly Eyes and More Surprises for Darwin

_{David Coppedge
February 15, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Don’t swat too quickly! There’s more awe in that little fly than might be apparent from a cursory glance. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 31, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, Animal Algorithms, astrobiology, atheism, Brian Koberlein, convergent evolution, crop circles, design filter, Eric Cassell, evolution, hexagons, intelligent design, intuition, PLOS Biology, pulsars, radio signals, Return of the God Hypothesis, Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, SETI, The Conversation, UAPs, UC Berkeley, UFOlogy, UFOs, unidentified anomalous phenomena, Utah}

In Explanations Reported by Mainstream Science, Design Inference Continues to Factor

_{David Coppedge
July 31, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Speaking of regularly spaced circles, I observed something similar in southern Utah from a helicopter in 2019 (see the photo at the top). Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aging, cancer, Casey Luskin, Current Biology, Endogenous retroviruses, function, gene expression, genomics, Gil McVean, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, lymphocytes, PLOS Biology, PNAS, transposable elements, UC Santa Cruz, zebrafish}

In “Junk DNA,” Here Are Benefits of Seeking Function

_{David Coppedge
February 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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You wouldn’t toss out all the punctuation in a book as “junk ABC” now, would you? Punctuation has a function. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, allometric growth, bones, evolution, foresight, hierarchy, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, mechanism, mutations, neo-Darwinian mechanism, PLOS Biology, regulatory control, tissues}

Bone Growth Demonstrates Irreducible Complexity and Hierarchical Control

_{David Coppedge
October 24, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

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How does a bone “know” to keep its structures at proper ratios along its length as it grows? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 19, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Tagged
, Earth Law Center, economics, freedom, Gaia Theory, geological features, human thriving, humans, ideology, nature rights, nonhumans, oceans, paganism, PLOS Biology, technocracy, wokeness}

Woke Science: Prestigious Biology Journal Claims “Ocean” Is a “Living Entity” with Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2022

Bioethics, Culture

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The “Ocean rights” approach would make the creatures of the sea co-equal with humans. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adenine, ATP synthase, evolution, genetic information, gluconeogenesis, glycolysis, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, Krebs cycle, Miller-Urey experiment, Nick Lane, PLOS Biology, protocells, referee, University College London}

Game Over? Nick Lane Wants Another Inning

_{David Coppedge
October 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Michael Behe described how he attended a conference to hear Nobel laureate John Walker, the world’s expert on ATP synthase, explain how it might have evolved. Read More ›

Best Job Candidate, Interview Preparation, Detail shots of someone polishing shoes

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Date
April 22, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __edited, arXiv, bioRxiv, C.S. Lewis, Christian Reflections, consciousness, Cornell University, economics, evolution, evolutionary anthropology, Francis Bacon, high school, history, integrity, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, Janet Browne, Jay Richards, journals, laymen, March for Science, morality, Nature (journal), pandemic, peer review, PLOS Biology, Politicians, predatory journals, Science Advances, scientific method, scientism, scientists, Stephen Meyer, universe, World War II, X Club}

How to Restore Science’s Lost Luster

_{Science and Culture
April 22, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Trustworthiness

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More and more, the scientific establishment looks like a special interest group with biases of their own. Read More ›