15Feb 2022 by Post

Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Natural Selection

Artificial Selection, Bernard Kettlewell, biology, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, Evolution, Galápagos Islands, Hugo de Vries, industrial melanism, Life Sciences, Macroevolution, Microevolution, mutations, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, peppered moths, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Theodosius Dobzhansky
When the drought ended and the rains returned, however, food was plentiful, and the average beak size returned to normal. Source
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14Feb 2022 by Post

Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

biology, cats, chimps, common design, DNA, DNA polymerases, DNAPs, embryos, Emily Reeves, Evolution, evolutionary transitions, fossil record, genes, genomes, homology, horses, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Khan Academy, Life Sciences, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, phylogenetic trees, proteins, Richard Dawkins, students, teachers, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Tree of Life, Zombie Science
The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. Source
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10Feb 2022 by Post

For Darwin Day, Topoisomerase Webinar With Biochemist Joe Deweese

amino acid sequences, animation, biology, Casey Luskin, cell duplication, Center for Science & Culture, Charles Darwin, chromosomes, complex and specified information, Darwin Day, DNA, enzymes, Events, Freed-Hardeman University, Intelligent Design, Joe Deweese, Life Sciences, molecular machines, replication, topoisomerase II, transcription, YouTube videos
This webinar will premiere a new molecular machine animation on the topoisomerase enzyme. Source
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09Feb 2022 by Post

Nuclear Pore Complex Comes into Focus

Baylor College of Medicine, biology, Boston University, Cell (journal), Christopher W. Akey, cytoplasm, DNA, Evolution, Intelligent Design, macromolecule, nuclear envelope, nuclear pore complex, nucleoporins, nucleus, Nups, Rockefeller University, super-resolution microscopy, therapeutics, Transport Channel, UC San Diego, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, WEHI
Super-resolution microscopy is letting us peer even closer into the cell’s secrets, revealing awesome wonders. Source
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03Feb 2022 by Post

New Mode of Flight Found in Tiny Beetle

Adrian Malone, barbs, beetles, biology, bird feathers, Blepharida sacra, Charles Darwin, Chloe Tenn, Coleoptera, convergent evolution, electron micrograph, Evolution, flat bark beetle, flea beetle, Flight, froghoppers, insect wings, Intelligent Design, J.B.S. Haldane, Japan, larvae, Longitarsus anchusae, Matthew Bertone, miniaturization, Nature (journal), PLOS ONE, ptiloptery, Research, Sergey E. Farisenkov, The Scientist, Zookeys
A millimeter-sized beetle flies efficiently with feathery wings and a beat mode not seen before. Did it evolve by natural selection? Source
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