Tag: lignin
Copper Reveals Its Role in Exploding Plants — and in the Miracle of Man
The exploding pods of the popping cress send the plant’s seeds flying in all directions, as far as a meter from the parent.
Nature’s Magic and Its Breathtaking Parsimony
Without this ensemble of fitness in nature, there would be no wood, no fire, no metallurgy, no modern technology.
The Role of Lignin for Fire, Explained
Without lignin, there would be no woody plants, no wood, no coal, no charcoal, no fire, no pottery, and certainly no iron or metallurgy.
Douglas Axe: Lignin and the Coherent Design of the Ecosystem
Heretic co-author Matti Leisola has argued that lignin is a troubling case for Darwinian evolution
Intelligent Design in Dog Spit and in Rotten Wood
The design inference pivots on the presence of complex specified information, not on the human disgust response.