Tag: metals
Glaciers Enhance the Biosphere — By Design
Glacial meltwater performs unexpected and surprising roles that benefit life on earth.
Top Six Evidences for Intelligent Design
Here is a modest attempt to summarize the main scientific evidences for design in our world, for those who have been told that such evidence does not exist.
Remarkably, Humans Are Just the Right Size to Make and Master Fire
Only an organism of our dimensions and android design — 1.5 to 2 meters in height with arms about 1 meter-long ending in manipulative tools — can handle fire.
How Man Became the Fire-Maker
Being terrestrial is one obvious requirement. No fully aquatic species could master fire and thus develop metallurgy.
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.