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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bioelectricity, blood clotting, cable bacteria, electricity, locomotion, Monash University, PNAS, proteins, skin cells, Steve Laufmann, The Scientist, University of Warwick, Your Designed Body}

Let’s Sing the Body Electric

_{David Coppedge
March 15, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The emerging science of “bioelectricity” is opening new vistas into the electrical energy powering our nerves, organs, and tissues. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, arthropods, behaviorism, engineers, Eric Cassell, evolution, foraging, intelligent design, Mexico, pheromones, PNAS, robotics, Stanford University, University of Arizona, University of Texas}

Ant Navigation Fascinates Engineers

_{David Coppedge
March 2, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Eric Cassell asks, “How did these complex programmed behaviors originate?” The question deserves a better answer than, “They evolved.” 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, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, PLOS Biology, PNAS, transposable elements, 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
January 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, buffalo, cattle, chewing, cows, deer, dirt, evolution, evolutionists, fossils, giraffes, grazing, horses, paradigm shift, physiology, PNAS, ruminants, sheep, teeth, Thomas Kuhn}

Darwin, We Have a Problem: Horse Teeth Are Not Less Evolved

_{David Coppedge
January 25, 2023

Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Life Sciences, Science

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Time to debunk another evolutionary story by questioning underlying Darwinian assumptions about how things came to be. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 4, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, artistry, beauty, biomineralization, diatoms, DNA, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, Germany, hardware, Howard Glicksman, Michael Denton, morphogenesis, PNAS, Privileged Species, proteins, Sherlock Holmes, software, Steve Laufmann, The Miracle of Man, Your Designed Body}

Diatoms and the Mystery of Morphogenesis

_{David Coppedge
January 4, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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From code to art: how does a linear set of instructions result in a beautifully crafted pattern? Diatoms do it, and scientists are struggling to figure out how. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 21, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, Caltech, Cnidaria, Douglas Axe, foresight, functional whole, jellyfish, krill, Living Waters, Monterey Bay, physiology, PNAS, Smithsonian Magazine, swimming, taxonomy}

Synchronized Swimming in Siphonophores: A Design Worth Imitating

_{David Coppedge
December 21, 2022

Anatomy, Ecology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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It must be good if engineers want to copy it. Siphonophores are colonial animals that have mastered the sport of synchronized swimming. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antarctica, Arthropoda, arthropods, Darwinism, etymology, evolution, Georgia Tech, imitation, insects, intelligent design, just-so stories, Latin, PNAS, Science Uprising, South Korea, springtails, Stanford University}

Springtails: Wingless Arthropods that Can Fly

_{David Coppedge
December 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

The fossil record shows a “Hexapod Gap.” Unfortunately for Darwin, the two leading theories to explain the gap can be ruled out. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, birds, evolutionary theory, Flight: The Genius of Birds, hummingbirds, Illustra Media, intelligent design, nectar, PNAS, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, promissory note, University of Connecticut}

A Closer Look at Hummingbird Tongue Design

_{David Coppedge
September 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Did evolutionary theory contribute anything to this study? The authors speculate briefly about “co-evolution” of flowers and their pollinators. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, DNA, electrostatics, enzymes, evolution, helicase, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, membranes, molecules, mRNA, ncRNAs, PNAS, RNA, transcription, University of Toronto, University of Washington}

The Electric Cell: More Synergy with Physics Found in Cellular Coding

_{David Coppedge
September 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Imaging techniques down to the picometer scale are permitting detection of previously unknown alliances of cellular software with electrostatics and mechanics. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 11, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, abstract thought, animals, arachnids, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, bacteria, bats, biological machines, cats, consciousness, Dogs, dreaming, dreams, flies, Franz Brentano, future, human beings, intentionality, justice, mental states, mind, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, spiders, Thomas Nagel, viruses}

What Is It Like to Be a Spider?

_{Michael Egnor
August 11, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Science

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A recent research article from Germany has made quite a splash in the popular media and raises some very interesting questions about animal minds. Read More ›