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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
August 30, 2023

Categories
Environment & Climate
Geophysics
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, atmosphere, climate change, David Coppedge, earth, Eric Hedin, gases, intelligent design, light, NASA, The Conversation, weather}

Geoengineering on an Intelligently Designed Planet — Let’s Be Careful with That

_{Tova Levengood
August 30, 2023

Environment & Climate, Geophysics, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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Scientists are still discovering how many systems, controls, and other aspects of planetary fine-tuning are in place to ensure that we have abundant life. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 31, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, Animal Algorithms, astrobiology, atheism, convergent evolution, design filter, Eric Cassell, evolution, hexagons, intelligent design, intuition, PLOS Biology, radio signals, Return of the God Hypothesis, SETI, The Conversation, UAPs, UC Berkeley, UFOs, Utah}

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

_{David Coppedge
July 31, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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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
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, archaeologists, Associated Press, Australia, bioRxiv, burial, cave art, chimpanzees, fire use, Germany, Griffith University, hominids, Homo naledi, human origins, intelligence, Kenya, Lee Berger, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, New York Times, Newsweek, paleontology, Phys.org, Rising Star Cave, Science News, skeletons, Spain, The Conversation, Wall Street Journal}

Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2023

Archaeology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
November 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, common descent, convergence, debates, evolution, evolutionists, gradualism, just-so stories, Lund University, multiverse, mutations, natural selection, naturalism, saltationism, textbooks, The Conversation}

There Is No Settled “Theory of Evolution”

_{Cornelius Hunter
November 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science

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What is evolution? In other words, what is core to the theory — and not forfeitable? It’s naturalism. Period. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, ammonia, astrobiology, astrology, Australia, biosignatures, carbon dioxide, Carl Sagan, Casey Luskin, Douglas Axe, habitability, ID the Future, James Webb Space Telescope, meteorites, methane, Michael Denton, molybdenum, Open University, oxygen, ozone, polypeptides, Privileged Species, protein space, SETI, solar system, The Conversation, The Privileged Planet, UFOs}

Search for Habitable Planets Is a Design Detection Exercise

_{David Coppedge
November 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The extent of habitable space within all space can serve as a determinant of the plausibility of naturalism vs intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 17, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Cassini mission, Diamond Ring, earth, eclipse, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jay Richards, JPL, movies, The Conversation, The Privileged Planet, timing, totality}

Fine-Timing as Evidence of Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
October 17, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Sometimes it’s not just the tuning that indicates design. Sometimes it’s the timing as well. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 6, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, California, Caltech, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cnidaria, dolphins, flippers, George Washington University, Illustra Media, jellyfish, Lad Allen, Living Waters, Phys.org, salmon, sea lion, sea turtles, The Conversation}

Secrets that Give Sea Lions and Jellyfish Their Edge as Swimmers

_{David Coppedge
October 6, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The world’s best human designers are attempting to build machines to mimic what these animals “naturally do. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 11, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem, cosmic microwave background radiation, physicists, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, The Conversation}

Another Attempt by an Esteemed Cosmologist to Avoid a Cosmic Beginning Collapses on Inspection

_{Brian Miller
January 11, 2022

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Roger Penrose, one of the preeminent physicists of our day, envisions that the universe is eternally expanding. Read More ›

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Date
November 3, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, evolution, New Scientist, New World monkeys, Peru, PNAS, radiodont, rafting, Royal Society Open Science, Science (journal), The Conversation, University of Oxford, Utah}

Fossil Follies from Around the Science Literature

_{Science & Culture
November 3, 2021

Evolution, Paleontology

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Evolutionary anthropologists will have to drastically revise the timeline of the first human arrivals in North America. Read More ›

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Date
July 23, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aliens, Carl Sagan, Casey Luskin, chemical evolution, Cornell University, Curiosity rover, Darwinism, Enceladus, Francesco Redi, Jonathan Bartlett, Jonathan O’Callaghan, Louis Pasteur, Mars, methane, microbes, Mind Matters, New Scientist, probabilistic resources, The Conversation, University of Arizona, University of Washington, Venus}

Methane Causes Space Aliens?

_{Science & Culture
July 23, 2021

Physical Sciences

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Recent sensational headlines give astute readers occasion to contrast valid scientific inferences from leaps of faith based on worldview assumptions. Read More ›