Of course, the story raises the question of just how important saving “species” (see speciation) is. A shift in an ecology can be critical but the disappearance, reappearance, or brand new development of a hard-to-distinguish species may not have much environment impact.
Researchers: Cells organize themselves in our organs by increasing in volume when tissues bend
“The fact that this increase in volume is staggered in time and transient also shows that it is an active and living system,” adds a researcher. Once again, we are expected to believe that such a system can just develop in a gradual Darwinian fashion.
Casey Luskin: ID as fruitful approach to science
The trouble is, many people would just as soon that research into evolutionary computation anatomy and physiology, and bioinformatics, however fruitful, not be done if it undermines a comfortable Darwinism.
Researchers see one particle on two paths, say it shows quantum physics is right
Researchers: “A single neutron is measured at a specific position—and due to the sophisticated measurement setup, this single measurement proofs already that the particle moved along two different paths at the same time. It is even possible to determine the ratio in which the neutron was distributed between the two paths. Thus, the phenomenon of quantum superposition can be proven without having to resort to statistical arguments.” Albert, check your mail.
Researchers: A key cell division protein is still a puzzle
In other words, contrary to expectation, the system is even more complex than supposed. At this point, unguided evolution becomes overwhelmingly implausible because it would take only one misstep to end the process. But people believe what they believe.
ATTN JVL, this is the new post dialogue box
From screen shot: No, authors cannot target a specific commenter. U/D, May 15: How to contact UD and how to see weak argument corrections: One trusts this is enough. END F/N, May 14: It being now an obvious tactic to sidetrack non technical UD threads into ID debates (even where there is a thread that Read More…
Researcher: Stinging cells evolved by repurposing a neuron from an older form of life
Researcher: “These harpoons are made of a protein that is also found only in cnidarians, so cnidocytes seem to be one of the clearest examples of how the origin of a new gene (that encodes a unique protein) could drive the evolution of a new cell type.” (It’s hard to avoid the sense of design here.)
In embryos, we are told, “nothing is left to chance in the ‘seating plan’ for the first few cells”
“Nothing is left to chance” even in cell spacing in worm eggs but we are told there is no design behind the universe?
Novel RNA and peptide species thought to have sparked evolution of complex life
Researcher: According to the new theory, a decisive element at the beginning was the presence of RNA molecules that could adorn themselves with amino acids and peptides and so join them into larger peptide structures. “RNA developed slowly into a constantly improving amino acid linking catalyst,” says Carell. (He talks about the emergence of “information-coding properties” as if that would just happen.)
First images of the black hole thought to be at the center of our galaxy released
Researchers: The image gives greater insight into the mysteries of black holes and further confirms Einstein’s long-standing theory of relativity.
Has anything been learned from nearly two decades of keening about science’s replication crisis?
Science is beginning to sound like the medieval church, actually. We are now moving on from keening to caterwauling. But nobody working on the inside can actually do anything about it.
UK Spectator: “Why is Canada euthanising the poor?” (Slippery slopes dept.)
April 30: Since last year, Canadian law, in all its majesty, has allowed both the rich as well as the poor to kill themselves if they are too poor to continue living with dignity. In fact, the ever-generous Canadian state will even pay for their deaths. What it will not do is spend money to Read More…
Richard Weikart on the non-religious racism that anti-racists ignore
Weikart: While researching my book, Darwinian Racism, I examined the websites and publications of many neo-Nazi, white nationalist, and alt-right individuals and organizations. What I discovered was that most white nationalists and white supremacists today embrace a social Darwinist version of scientific racism and vehemently oppose Christianity.
New PBS NOVA special on the day the dinosaurs died
Featuring David Attenborough
Before dividing, cells toss out waste products
Researcher: “Our hypothesis is that cells might be throwing out things that are building up, toxic components or just things that don’t function properly that you don’t want to have there. It could allow the newborn cells to be born with more functional contents,” says Teemu Miettinen, an MIT research scientist and the lead author of the new study.