Category: Plants
Algae already possessed genes for land, while in water
| October 8, 2015 | Posted by News under Design inference, Evolution, News, Plants |
From ScienceDaily: Ancient alga knew how to survive on land before it left water and evolved into the first plant Up until now it had been assumed that the alga evolved the capability to source essential nutrients for its survival after it arrived on land by forming a close association with a beneficial fungi called […]
Prof opposes “infantizing” college students, but…
| August 30, 2015 | Posted by News under academic freedom, News, Plants |
… it turns out that he mainly means the ones from religious families: TPP’s basic philosophy was that while you are entitled to your beliefs you are not entitled to avoid discomforting or contradictory ideas, you are not entitled to a free-pass when it comes to a critical analysis of beliefs like yours (individuals were […]
Mistletoe plant has unique genome, lacks common genes
| June 27, 2015 | Posted by News under Genomics, Intelligent Design, News, Plants |
We are told that the mistletoe species lacks genes found in all other complex organisms. From ScienceDaily: A discovery made during an analysis of a species of mistletoe whose apparent ability to survive without key genes involved in energy production could make it one of the most unusual plants on Earth. … “This loss of […]
Why don’t we think plants are smart?
| June 3, 2015 | Posted by News under Animal minds, Intelligent Design, News, Plants |
From New Scientist, reviewing two books: Plants, say the authors, are highly responsive, attuned to gravity, grains of sand, sunlight, starlight, the footfalls of tiny insects and to slow rhythms outside our range. They are subtle, aware, strategic beings whose lives involve an environmental sensitivity very distant from the simple flower and seed factories of […]
Plant with largest seeds strategizes? Cares for its seeds?
| February 6, 2015 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, News, Plants |
Said to be unique in the plant kingdom for that reason.
Carnivorous plant fossil from 40 million years ago
| December 8, 2014 | Posted by News under News, Plants |
You’ve heard of: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em? How about, if you can’t join ‘em, eat ‘em.
Weeds evolve at high speed? And it’s our fault, due to farming
| November 26, 2014 | Posted by News under Evolution, News, Plants |
So they evolved by losing information? Like most evolution we have actually observed?
No one knows much about speciation in trees?
| November 14, 2014 | Posted by News under News, Plants, speciation |
Speciation is not very well understood at all, anywhere; it is rather colonized by Darwin’s followers, as a support for their vision of life.
Yes, plants do talk to each other, says prof
| September 9, 2014 | Posted by News under News, Plants |
University of Alberta professor maintains that plants do behave and lead anything but solitary and sedentary lives.
Plants talk to each other. Unfortunately, when they do, they sometimes lie and defraud.
| August 16, 2014 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, News, Plants |
Knowing this may help in the fight against crop weeds.
Plants can “hear” bugs walking, defend selves
| July 2, 2014 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, News, Plants |
Researcher: the plants are able to distinguish feeding vibrations from other common sources of environmental vibration
Genome duplication explains the existence of flowers?
| June 14, 2014 | Posted by News under News, Plants |
Right. Same time. Next year. New theory.
Bringing images of ancient plants to life
| April 15, 2014 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, Plants, stasis |
Lycopods (club mosses) may be “inconspicuous” but they are certainly a durable group. They used to be forests.
Plant embryo development not controlled only by genes
| April 11, 2014 | Posted by News under Epigenetics, Intelligent Design, News, Plants |
Researchers: Specific cell-types present in the embryo environment can send out protein signals to also influence this process.
Sea anemone is genetically part animal, part plant
| March 20, 2014 | Posted by News under Genetics, News, Plants |
They’re suggesting the system dates from 600 million years ago, but one doesn’t get the impression they really know. This isn’t a tree of life, it’s a grab bag.
Can plants calculate? Read this.
| March 8, 2014 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, News, Plants |
If this holds up: The plant does not think, but something in it thinks.
Found: A plant with no plastid genome
| March 1, 2014 | Posted by News under Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News, Plants |
In a significant cultural departure, all the scientists refreshingly admitted that they were at a loss to explain the circumstance at present, with none attempting to conjure feebly in Darwin’s name.
Tree of intelligence now matchsticks?: Plants communicate?
| January 31, 2014 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, News, Plants |
That maple trees communicate was known for decades, but the teachings of the prophet Darwin got in the way.
Flowering plants pushed back by a mere 100 million years?
| October 2, 2013 | Posted by News under News, Plants |
The less time there is for Darwinian evolution, the less likely it happened in that way. The way that, thanks to the Darwin lobby, US courts have legislated must be taught to students.
Philosopher: Plants are people too.
| August 7, 2013 | Posted by News under News, Philosophy, Plants |
It’s all too crazy in the academic world; there are no hoaxes any more.
