The requirement of a particular sequence of amino acids endows the protein with vast amounts of information, far beyond what could be “chanced upon” by any natural process within the history of the entire universe.
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At SciTech Daily: Hubble Space Telescope Captures Festive and Free-Floating Scene
The HST reveals more scenes of galactic beauty.
At SciTech Daily: SOFIA Finds No Phosphine – a Potential Sign of Life – on Venus
No chemical signature of life on Venus – anybody surprised?
At SciTech Daily: Artemis I: Mega Moon Rocket Ready for Launch
The Artemis I mega Moon rocket is on the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is getting ready to launch the Orion spacecraft and its European Service Module. The first opportunity for launch is November 16 at 1:04 a.m. EST/local time (07:04 CET, 06:04 GMT). Artemis Read More…
At SciTech Daily: Artificial Cells With Lifelike Functionality – New Breakthrough Brings Scientists One Step Closer
“The study uses bacteria to bring scientists closer to building these artificial lifelike cells.”
At SciTech Daily: Traces of Ancient Ocean Discovered on Mars – This Means a “Higher Potential for Life”
“A major goal for the Mars Curiosity rover missions is to look for signs of life,” Cardenas said. “It’s always been looking for water, for traces of habitable life. This is the biggest one yet. It’s a giant body of water, fed by sediments coming from the highlands, presumably carrying nutrients.”
At SciTech Daily: Supernova Explosions Reveal Precise Details of Dark Energy and Dark Matter
“Supernova Explosions Reveal Precise Details of Dark Energy and Dark Matter.”
At SciTech Daily: Scientists Solve an Origin of Life Mystery
So many steps in this imagined process are mediated against by the known laws of physics, that to suggest it happened naturally is to depart from scientific credibility.
At SciTech Daily: Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Triggered Monstrous Global Tsunami With Mile-High Waves
Researchers: “According to the study’s calculations, the initial energy in the impact tsunami was up to 30,000 times larger than the energy in the December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake tsunami.”
From Sci Tech Daily: Drinking Two to Three Cups of Coffee Daily Is Linked With a Longer Lifespan
Good news for coffee lovers!
At SciTech Daily: Surprising New Features of Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Defy Current Understanding
“An international team of scientists reveals an evolving, magnetized environment and surprising source location for deep-space fast radio bursts – observations that defy current understanding.”
At SciTech Daily: Making Hacking Futile – Quantum Cryptography
Quantum mechanics offers new, faster algorithms and effective cryptography that could help improve online digital security.
At SciTech Daily: “Space Treasure” – Webb Captures Its First-Ever Direct Image of a Distant World
“For the first time ever, astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system.”
At SciTech Daily: NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Sheds Light on Galaxy Evolution and Black Holes
“The close proximity of Stephan’s Quintet gives astronomers a ringside seat to galactic mergers and interactions.”
At SciTech Daily: Harvard Researchers Have Linked Spirituality to Healthier Lives and Longer Lifespans
Researchers: “Integrating spirituality into care can help each person have a better chance of reaching complete well-being and their highest attainable standard of health.”