Tag: Quartz

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 5, 2025

Categories
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A. G. Werner, apatite, aquamarine, Australia, bacteria, bone, calcium, collagen, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, dinosaurs, enamel, fluoridated water, fluoride toothpaste, food, fungi, geology, homonyms, Howard Glicksman, igneous rocks, lava, magma, metamorphic rocks, Michael Denton, microbes, minerals, Mohs hardness scale, osteocytes, phosphorus, Privileged Species, Quartz, Secrets of the Human Body, sharks, teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex}

How We Bite with Apatite: The Wonders of a Hard Mineral

_{David Coppedge
September 5, 2025

Geology, Intelligent Design

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Explore the features of a remarkable mineral erupted from volcanoes that is found in our teeth. How did it get there? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 3, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, active transport, amino acid residues, cells, endoplasmic reticulum, hammer, Immune System, intelligent design, ion channels, lysosomes, macrophages, membranes, mitochondria, organelles, peroxisomes, physiology, Quartz, Science (journal), Science Advances, tissue, touch, Yale University}

Sense of Touch Is More Finely Tuned than We Thought

_{David Coppedge
April 3, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Like machines that deliver goods or open doors at the push of a button, mechanosensitive channels respond on contact. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 12, 2022

Categories
Arts
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
Tagged
, children, civilization, copper, Greece, Homo naledi, Iraq, Lee Berger, Michael Marshall, Neanderthals, owls, pulses, Quartz, Rising Star Cave, Shanidar Cave, South Africa, University of Liverpool, Zagros Mountains}

Early Humans Were More Sophisticated than We Thought

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 12, 2022

Arts, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

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Neanderthals were not just downing raw hunks of meat 70,000 years ago, as many of us have assumed. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, brains, bryozoans, corals, crystals, Design Inference, diatoms, erosion, intelligent design, Live Science, minds, natural law, Quartz, sea urchins, shells, sponge, sponges, TED talk, William Blake, wind}

Applying the Design Filter to Biological Sands

_{David Coppedge
April 18, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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If you look closely at beach sand, you may find some grains that stand out. They are shaped like spirals, stars, or striated cones. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 6, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", agnosticism, astronaut, awe, BBC, Brian Miller, earth, education, evolution, intelligent design, materialism, Quartz, S. Joshua Swamidass, science, The Guardian, The Times (London), United Kingdom, universe}

The Case of Tim Peake Shows the Perils of “Awe”

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 6, 2018

Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Astronaut Tim Peake raised British eyebrows by seeming to endorse intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
September 12, 2017

Categories
Environment & Climate
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __nedited, “consensus science”, anthropogenic global warming, apocalypticism, catastrophism, climate change, coercion, Del Ratzsch, epicycles, fallibility, Galileo Affair, Galileo Galilei, heliocentrism, Johannes Kepler, mythology, perverse incentives, Quartz, rhetorical strategies, Roman Catholic, science, scientism, suppressed evidence, technocracy, Tycho Brahe, Warfare Thesis}

The Galileo Affair — A Durable Myth

_{Cornelius Hunter
September 12, 2017

Environment & Climate, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Scientific Trustworthiness

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The problem with science, as Del Ratzsch has pointed out, is that it is done by people. Read More ›