Tag: Unlocking the Mystery of Life

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, bioRxiv, Bright Angel Shale, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Canadian Rockies, chelicerates, China, compound eyes, cosmos, Current Biology, Darwin's Dilemma, Douglas Axe, Ediacaran strata, fossil record, Grand Canyon, Hallucigenia, Illustra Media, Intelligent Design Collection, jellyfish, Jerry Harned, Jonathan Wells, Lad Allen, marine worms, Mark Edward Lewis, mites, Nature (journal), New York Times, olfactory organs, paleontology, Paul Nelson, PNAS, polychaetes, priapulids, Richard Sternberg, salmon, Science Advances, Science and Culture Today, scorpions, South Australia, spiders, stars, Stephen Meyer, The Origin of Species, The Privileged Planet, trilobites, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Utah}

Cambrian Explosion Remains the Gift that Keeps on Giving

_{David Coppedge
June 5, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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These representative papers show that the Cambrian Explosion remains a huge enigma for evolutionists. Read More ›

Glowing flagellar motor at the base of a bacterial flagellum visualizing the rotary motion and its energy source

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 24, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animation, archaellum, ATP synthase, bacterial cell, bacterial flagellar motor, Basarab Hosu, Darwin’s Black Box, Destin Sandlin, engineering, evolution, Harvard University, Honda Civic, intelligent design, living cells, Michael Behe, Michael D. Manson, nanomotors, PNAS, proton gradient, protons, rotary motors, Smarter Every Day, Tesla, unguided natural processes, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Can the Flagellum Get Any Better? Yes! Add Gears

_{David Coppedge
February 24, 2026

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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The bacterial flagellum is more souped-up than even Michael Behe thought: it’s a gear-driven motor of motors! Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, COSM, Douglas Axe, evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Pacific Ocean, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Princeton University, San Francisco, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, The Design of Life, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Yale University}

Remembering Jonathan Wells, a Key Figure in the Intelligent Design Movement

_{William A. Dembski
September 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

9}

When I spoke to Jonathan about the cost he paid in standing for his principles, he remarked that his decision to do prison time contained a blessing. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, academics, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionary, Human Errors, intelligent design, mathematical biology, misinformation, molecular biology, Nathan Lents, paleontology, population genetics, professionals, researchers, Richard Dawkins, scientific enterprise, scientists, students, Summer Seminars, The Blind Watchmaker, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Up from Dawkins: Summer Seminars Were a Turning Point for Me

_{Brian Miller
March 7, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

5}

I wanted to determine whether I was, as Richard Dawkins asserted, an accident of nature. Or was I created by God? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Eric Anderson, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, microbiology, microorganisms, mutations, natural selection, podcast, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

A Microbiologist’s Journey to Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Scott Minnich shares how he first learned about ID, met philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer, and eventually became involved in a well-known documentary. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino-acid sequences, Biochemical Predestination, complex specified information, Dean Kenyon, Hubert Yockey, information, information theory, Irreducible Complexity, James Tour, perpetual motion machine, Rice University, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Stephen Meyer, synthetic organic chemistry, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Washington, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Washington DC}

Information and Life’s Origin — A Retrospective View

_{Eric Hedin
June 21, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Unguided natural processes, according to the generalized Second Law, cannot systematically increase the information content of a closed system over time. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
January 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Zoology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Cambrian Explosion, causal circularity, Center for Science and Culture, coral, credentialism, doctorate, Drosophila melanogaster, evo-devo, evolution, genes, human origins, Illustra Media, intelligent design, invertebrates, jellyfish, Logan Gage, Nobel Prize, Nota Bene, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Roman Catholic, sponges, Stephen Meyer, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, waiting-time problem, worms}

The Evolution of Dr. Ann Gauger

_{Stephen Dilley
January 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science, Zoology

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The year was 2004. Dr. Gauger’s scientific credentials had caught the eye of Stephen Meyer and he had invited her to come talk with him. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 23, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, aging, ATP synthase, bacteria, biophysicists, catalysis, cells, cilium, DNA, EMBO Journal, Emily Reeves, Evolution News, flagellum, geometry, molecular machines, nanomachines, Nature Communications, RNA, Rubisco, Science (journal), Switzerland, topoisomerases, type III secretion system, UC San Diego, University of Basel, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Yes, a “Host of Machines” Are at Work in the Cell

_{David Coppedge
August 23, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

9}

Here are more cellular machines to dazzle us with their moving parts and functions. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, archaea, ATP synthase, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Brownian motion, cryo-electron microscopy, Current Biology, Escherichia coli, evolution, Harvard University, Inertia, intelligent design, Nature (journal), outboard motor, Scott Minnich, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, water}

Harvard Biophysicist Howard Berg, Flagellum’s Discoverer, Lives On

_{David Coppedge
April 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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More than any other scientist, he brought to light the intricate biophysics occurring at the molecular scale in living organisms. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animation, archaea, ATP synthase, bacteria, cryo-electron microscopy, evolution, Germany, intelligent design, Japan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Journal of Bacteriology, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nature Communications, phosphate, protons, Scott Minnich, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

ATP Synthase Gets Smarter

_{David Coppedge
March 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Two new papers reveal fine-tuning in the assembly of ATP synthase rotary motors and in its operation under ATP hydrolysis. Read More ›