17Feb 2022 by Post

Cinderella Story? Transposons Gain New Respect

biology, Christie Wilcox, Cinderella, disease, Drosophila, ENCODE, Evolution, Evolution News, Intelligent Design, John Hewitt, Josefa González, Junk DNA, Michael Denton, myelin, natural selection, noncoding DNA, parasites, Paul Nelson, Pseudomonas, retrotransposons, retroviruses, Spanish Research Council, symbionts, The Scientist, transposable elements, transposons
Junk DNA has been getting redress for decades of ignominy. Now, retrotransposons and transposable elements may be next in line for a better reputation. Source
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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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09Feb 2022 by Post

Weikart: Hitler’s “Might Is Right” Ethic Drawn from Darwinism

Adolf Hitler, alt-right, Aryan race, blacks, California State University Stanislaus, Center for Science & Culture, Culture & Ethics, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, Evolution, history, Holocaust, Jews, John West, Nazis, neo-Nazis, Nordic race, Racism, Richard Weikart, Slavs, webinar, Whoopi Goldberg
Historian Richard Weikart moves into a discussion of neo-Nazis, contemporary white nationalists, and the alt-right. 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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05Feb 2022 by Post

Neil Thomas Takes on Epicurus and the Logical Positivists

agnosticism, Christianity, cosmic fine-tuning, Darwinism, Epicurus, Evolution, Faith & Science, Hank Hanegraaff, history, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, logical positivism, Neil Thomas, nihilism, Orthodox Christians, philosophy, Podcast, rationalists, Richard Dawkins, Taking Leave of Darwin, theism
Hanegraaff and Thomas provide a model of how two men with differing positions on Christianity can challenge each other while remaining cordial. Source
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