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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

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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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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, beetles, bird feathers, Charles Darwin, Coleoptera, convergent evolution, evolution, Flight, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Japan, larvae, miniaturization, Nature (journal), PLOS ONE, Research, The Scientist, zoo}

#9 Story of 2022: New Mode of Flight Found in Tiny Beetle

_{David Coppedge
December 24, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A millimeter-sized beetle flies efficiently with feathery wings and a beat mode not seen before. Did it evolve by natural selection? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Africa, BBC News, birds, Current Biology, Eric Cassell, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, NASA, Pakistan, PLOS ONE, Sahara Desert, Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body}

Capabilities of Migrating Birds Deserve Awards and Recognition

_{David Coppedge
December 15, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

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New technologies are giving scientists global information on a wide variety of bird species. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 28, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, actuators, dandelions, Darwinians, humidity, hummingbirds, Illustra Media, Imperial College London, intelligent design, Japan, Madagascar, moths, Nature Communications, On the Origin of Species, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, seals, spider silk, spiders, thermostats, University of Bristol, Wikipedia, Yale University}

Dandelions, Darwin’s Bark Spider, and More: No Shortage of Biological Wonders

_{David Coppedge
June 28, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Those of us who find purpose in biology instead of random tinkering will not run out of material to get excited about any time soon. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beetles, bird feathers, Charles Darwin, Coleoptera, convergent evolution, evolution, Flight, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Japan, larvae, miniaturization, Nature (journal), PLOS ONE, Research, The Scientist}

New Mode of Flight Found in Tiny Beetle

_{David Coppedge
February 3, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A millimeter-sized beetle flies efficiently with feathery wings and a beat mode not seen before. Did it evolve by natural selection? Read More ›

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Date
September 16, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood pressure, circadian clock, clocks, Cyanobacteria, Harvard Medical School, Japan, Nature (journal), Nature Scientific Reports, neurons, PLOS ONE, PNAS, rats, sleep, University of Illinois, University of Rochester, William Paley}

Design on Time — Paley’s Watch Was Inside Him

_{Science and Culture
September 16, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Watches are everywhere on the heath. Look up, look down, look inside; biology runs on time. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 31, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, Arizona State University, atheism, biologists, Christians, Discovery Institute, Evangelical Christians, Federal Government, fundamentalists, Jerry Coyne, National Science Foundation, PLOS ONE, prejudice, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic, scientists}

No, Really? Scientists Find Anti-Christian Prejudice in the Science World

_{David Klinghoffer
January 31, 2020

Faith & Science

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The statement that “scientists call” this group “fundamentalist and/or evangelical” makes it sounds as if that is an objective, scientific label. Read More ›

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Date
December 5, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, beauty, butterflies, caterpillar, Drosophila, evolution, foresight, Georgetown University, Heliconius, Illustra Media, larvae, Lepidopterans, Metamorphosis, Model T, Monarch butterflies, moths, New Scientist, odors, Paul Nelson, pigmentation, PLOS ONE, South America, University of Liverpool}

How Butterflies “Evolve” by Design

_{Science and Culture
December 5, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Biologists have wondered how the patterns on butterfly wings change. Read More ›

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Date
March 20, 2019

Categories
Biology
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, apes, Australia, blue whale, cancer, DNA, epigenetics, evolutionary tree, Harvard University, humidity, humpback whale, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Living Waters, Metamorphosis, MIT, monarch butterfly, mutations, natural selection, NOAA, oxygen, pesticides, photosynthesis, PLOS ONE, Rubisco, Science Advances, spider silk, termites, UCLA, University of Sheffield, Weizmann Institute}

Fairy Circles, Spider Silk, Epigenetics, and More: Intelligent Design in the News

_{Science and Culture
March 20, 2019

Biology, Ecology, Intelligent Design

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So-called “fairy circles” yielded to a natural explanation, according to a research team: they are abandoned termite mounds. Now, however, another natural theory is rising. Read More ›

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Date
January 8, 2019

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, ants, Biomimetics, biomimicry, complexity, creativity, Darwinism, Francis Bacon, geckos, intelligent design, nature, peer review, PLOS ONE, Research, scientific revolutions}

Is Biology Approaching the Threshold of Design Acceptance?

_{Science and Culture
January 8, 2019

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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A recent biology paper inches up to the edge of design advocacy, without using the phrase “intelligent design.” Read More ›