Below is the abstract of an article in the latest edition of PLOS Biology. The scientists developed a method by which they could compare ‘evolved’ strains from the pure strains with which they’re been crossed. Under duress–that is, deprived of a glucose environment, and forced to live on galactose–they found that when four different strains Read More…
Author: PaV
Natural Selection? Or Natural Adaptation?
This isn’t a point I would push too far, but the more I read and keep up with experimental evidence, the more I question the existence of NS. In the ID camp, most would readily accept NS, which is exactly the position I took for a long time. After all, we would admit to ‘microevolution’. Read More…
If We Understand It, Then It’s Design!
The following is a short article I ran into at DesignParadigm.blogsome.com. We are continually asked: “Who is this Designer?” I suggest reading the article carefully and critically, having this question in mind. A conclusion that I draw from my reading is this: if biological life developed via evolutionary algorithms, then we shouldn’t be able to Read More…
Who Designed This?
Darwinists want to argue that natural selection is teleological. That cellular systems are able to ‘find’ solutions to life’s challenges because of the cell’s ability to reproduce. Using an analogy to mathematical problem solving, this is, in reality, no more than implementing an iterative process. And, as such, the question to be asked is: do Read More…
Does this look like a flagellum, or is it just me?
Nanotube bundles could be used as motors for nanodevices from PhysOrg.com Even the smallest devices, assembled at the molecular level, need motors and oscillators. UC Riverside Mechanical Engineering Professor Qing Jiang thinks bundling groups of carbon nanotubes together could make an ultra-efficient and accurate nano-oscillator. […]
I thought they were two species!
“It actually is a hybrid,” said Judy McLinton, a spokeswoman for the Northwest Territories’ environment and natural resources department in Yellowknife. Jim Martell, 65, who paid 50,000 Canadian dollars (45,000 US dollars) to hunt Polar bears, shot the animal, described by local media as a “pizzly”, a “grolar bear”, or Martell’s favorite, a “polargrizz” on Read More…
Irreducible Complexity Redux?
When scientists have to continually look to nature to figure out how to do things well, doesn’t it become apparent at some point that we’re dealing with embodied intelligence? Here’s just the latest edition: The propulsion system used by slime-squirting bacteria could teach rocket scientists and nano-engineers some new tricks. Myxobacteria are micrometre-scale filament-shaped organisms Read More…
Where are the Transitional Forms?
An extraordinary family who walk on all fours are being hailed as the breakthrough discovery which could shed light on the moment Man first stood upright. Scientists believe that the five brothers and sisters found in Turkey could hold unique insights into human evolution. The Kurdish siblings, aged between 18 and 34 and from the Read More…
There is “teeth” to ID
Chicken will grow teeth when pigs can fly. Well, better start searching the skies for flying porkâ€â€scientists have discovered a mutant chicken with a full set of crocodile-like chompers. The mutant chick, called Talpid, also had severe limb defects and died before hatching. It was discovered 50 years ago, but no one had ever examined Read More…
The Waters of Darwin’s Warm Pond Now Muddied
It seems as though “warmth+clay” does not RNA make. For those interested, just a short update. “The results are surprising and in some ways disappointing. It seems that hot acidic waters containing clay do not provide the right conditions for chemicals to assemble themselves into ‘pioneer organisms.’” Professor Deamer said that amino acids and DNA, Read More…
The Plausibility of (ID) Life
Here are some excerpts from The Plausibility of Life, by Marc W. Kirschner and John C. Gerhart. While reading the book, I find that along the way the types of statements which follow are to be found almost everywhere . One of the objections (disingenuous, in my opinion) that the Darwinists have to ID is Read More…
ID isn’t so complicated afterall!
MOST of the small satellite galaxies around the Andromeda galaxy are lined up in a single plane that slices through its spiral disc, an alignment that suggests the satellites are floating on a river of dark matter.
The School of Nanometry
The finding that the protein components, called “ankyrin repeats,” exhibit such unprecedented elastic properties could lead to a new understanding of how organisms, including humans, sense and respond to physical forces at the cellular level, the researchers said. The nanometer-sized springs are also ideal candidates for building biologically-inspired springy nanostructures and nanomaterials with an inherent Read More…