Tag: wood

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 21, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, Bronze Age, civilization, copper, earth, Earth’s crust, elements, humans, intelligent design, Iron Age, metals, Michael Denton, Middle East, Native Americans, oxygen, theism, warfare, weapons, Wisconsin, wood}

The Discovery of Metals — A Double-Edged Sword

_{Eric Hedin
May 21, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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Why should the melting points of common metals be attainable in furnaces heated by burning carbon-based organic matter? Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, birds, carbon, computers, flowers, form, function, hydrogen, insects, laboratories, life, Life Itself, microscopes, natural law, nature, nectar, nitrogen, oxygen, Plato, polar bears, pollinators, Pythagoras, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, seals, shape, telescopes, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic Aristotelianism, water, wood}

A Closer Look at Natural Law

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 25, 2024

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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The property of a keen sense of smell allows a polar bear to smell a seal miles away under the ice. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 31, 2023

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, algae, Aristotle, bacteria, biopolymers, cell walls, cellulose, Current Biology, evolutionists, fungi, genes, glucose, machines, meteorites, microbes, molecular machines, NASA, proteins, slime molds, sugars, tunicates, volcanoes, wood}

Cellulose Doesn’t Just Happen

_{David Coppedge
May 31, 2023

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The most abundant biopolymer on Earth requires a host of machines, genes, proteins, and accessories. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
September 13, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Technology
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, evolution, human beings, intelligent design, motor, natural processes, science fiction, scientists, self-replicating machine, wheels, wood}

The First “Simple” Self-Replicator?

_{Granville Sewell
September 13, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Technology

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Let's imagine trying to design something as "simple" as a self-replicating cardboard box. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 12, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, blood, charcoal, circulatory system, Energy, Fire-Maker series, heart, human body, intelligent design, kilns, medical school, metallurgy, molecular motor, muscles, myosin, oxygen, respiration, respiratory system, strength, wood}

What if Our Muscles Were Less Powerful?

_{Michael Denton
August 12, 2020

Intelligent Design

6}

As every medical student comes to learn when first dissecting the human body at medical school, our limbs are almost entirely composed of muscles. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 5, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, cells, cellulose, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, Goldilocks, humans, leaves, lignin, metallurgy, parsimony, photosynthesis, surface tension, water, wood}

Nature’s Magic and Its Breathtaking Parsimony

_{Michael Denton
August 5, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

Without this ensemble of fitness in nature, there would be no wood, no fire, no metallurgy, no modern technology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Carboniferous Period, charcoal, fire, Fire-Maker series, fire-making, fitness, Goldilocks, iron, lignin, metallurgy, metals, Nature, oxygen, photosynthesis, physiology, radiation, steam engine, trees, wood}

The Role of Lignin for Fire, Explained

_{Michael Denton
August 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

Without lignin, there would be no woody plants, no wood, no coal, no charcoal, no fire, no pottery, and certainly no iron or metallurgy. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 31, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, charcoal, coal, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness of nature, fuel, George Wald, inventiveness, metal, oxygen, photosynthesis, Prometheus, smelting, wood}

Needed for Fire: All the Right Fuel

_{Michael Denton
July 31, 2020

Intelligent Design, Technology

4}

There is another aspect of the Earth’s environment that is absolutely crucial in allowing the utilization of fire for metal-based technologies. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 23, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, ambient temperatures, campfire, charcoal, coal, combustion, Fire-Maker series, genius, inventiveness, iron, matter, metallurgy, oxygen, smelting, Stone Age, stone tools, wood}

Combustion Is Anything but Ordinary

_{Michael Denton
July 23, 2020

Intelligent Design

5}

The combustion of wood or coal may seem so familiar as to be unworthy of any comment. Read More ›

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Date
May 27, 2019

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __nedited, Africa, bacteria, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, diabetes, diet, foresight, fuel, genomics, Heretic, India, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, nitrogen, npr, nutrients, obesity, Phys.org, soil, toxins, Tree of Life, wood}

Try This Tree of Life Instead of Darwin’s

_{Science and Culture
May 27, 2019

Botany, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Take a look at a plant that takes nothing but gives everything. Why should it deliver so much good to so many? Read More ›