In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet 

Africa, ancestors, Ann Gauger, atmosphere, aurora, aurora australis, aurora borealis, beauty, Brian Miller, carbon, earth, electrons, Emily Sandico, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, Faith & Science, Geology, geomagnetic storm, helium, hydrogen, Intelligent Design, iPhone, iron, Joe Biden, Judeo-Christian tradition, Junk DNA, magnesium, magnetic field, magnetic field lines, magnetic particles, magnetosphere, materialists, neon, nitrogen, northern lights, oxygen, paleomagnetism, PhD, radiation, Seattle, solar system, South Africa, vortex, Wikipedia
You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes. Source
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Metals: From Stars to Cells 

atomic weight, battery storage, cell's, civilization, crust-mantel boundary, dumb luck, earth, Earth’s crust, electrical wiring, foresight, fossils, fuel cells, Intelligent Design, interstellar space, iron, Jupiter, mantle, metallic ores, metals, meteoric bombardment, neutron capture, Physics, Earth & Space, planets, platinum, Saturn, silver, solar panels, stars, Stone Age, supernova, thorium, toxicity, uranium, Wealth
Tracing metals back to their ultimate origins, the processes of stellar nucleosynthesis come into focus. Source
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How Earth is Designed for Human Technology

agriculture, Andrew McDiarmid, biology, Brian Miller, Chemistry, cooking, earth, Earth’s surface, Evidence, fire, food, foresight, Geology, gold, hunting, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, iron, Life Sciences, likelihood ratio, multi-cellular beings, physicists, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, plate tectonics, soil, technological advancement, Technology, universe, water cycle
Is all this a coincidence? We think that’s a stretch. One or two fortunate parameters might be called a fluke. Source
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The Role of Lignin for Fire, Explained

Carboniferous Period, charcoal, conduction, convection, evaporative cooling, fire, Fire-Maker series, fire-making, fitness, Goldilocks, humus, industrial age, Intelligent Design, iron, Life Sciences, lignin, metallurgy, metals, nature, organic compounds, oxygen, photosynthesis, physiology, plant cells, pottery, radiation, steam engine, trees, wood, woody plants
Without lignin, there would be no woody plants, no wood, no coal, no charcoal, no fire, no pottery, and certainly no iron or metallurgy. Source
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In Praise of Copper, a Gift from Nature

Alfred Russell Wallace, aluminum, ambient temperatures, conductors, copper, corrosion, crustal rocks, ductility, Earth’s crust, electrical devices, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, fortuity, gold, Intelligent Design, iron, lead, machinery, mantle, metallurgy, metals, rocks, silver, steam engine, Stone Age
If the conductivity of copper were ten times less, wires would have to be ten times the cross-sectional area to provide the same conductivity. Source
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