Prof: Conformism in science today is stifling needed innovation
| May 19, 2012 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design |
“This mentality is pervasive, affecting all aspects of scientific research from idea generation to funding to the training of the next generation of scientists.” more
For Record: a note on the significance of the Ben Carson incident at Emory University
| May 18, 2012 | academic freedom, Atheism, Creationism, Culture, Science, worldview issues and society |
On May 16, UD News reported on the Ben Carson speech at Emory, raising some significant issues on the tendency of some Darwinists to toss ad hominem rhetorical stink-bombs at those who question the ethical implications of their views. (And yes, I am pointing to the unanswered problem that evolutionary materialism, ever since at least… more
Here’s a New Technique For Mapping DNA Information Which Exposes Yet More Evolutionary Foolishness
| May 18, 2012 | Intelligent Design |
A new method has been developed for mapping the precise locations at which DNA has been marked with a hydroxyl group. The hydrogen-oxygen molecule, like the methyl group to which it is attached, influences gene expression and so helps organisms adapt. The adaptation of species to environmental pressures would seem like obvious evidence for evolution. But in… more
Quote of the Day
| May 17, 2012 | Intelligent Design |
“We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.” George Orwell more
Insane or Simply Wrong?
| May 17, 2012 | Intelligent Design |
David W. Gibson asks some interesting questions in a comment to johnnyb’s last post. First, he writes concerning Darwinism: “How could it ever have come to pass that tens of thousands of the most intelligent humans in the world, after decades of detailed study, could STILL fall victim to the ‘transparently ludicrous’?” Let me answer… more
If you were a space alien, how would you answer alien hunter Seth Shostak’s two questions?
| May 19, 2012 | Posted by News under Extraterrestrial life, News |
“Do you have music and do you have religion?” more
Freedom or determinism: Thought experiment in producing unlimited randomness
| May 19, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Physics |
“The scientists’ calculations showed that the quantum correlation between the bits can be so strong that they cannot be correlated with anything existing previously.” more
Broaden the Tennessee schools bill to include other subjects, says educational psychologist
| May 19, 2012 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, News, science education |
“In addition to enhancing education, generalizing these laws protects them from constitutional challenge.” more
What Grade Niners are learning is settled science?
| May 19, 2012 | Posted by News under News, science education |
Unfortunately, where Darwinism is concerned, what students are learning is sometimes settled propaganda. more
Replication woes: What never existed can’t be replicated.
| May 19, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Peer review |
Of course, cleaning house at those journals would be a darn good idea, but let’s not break out the bubbly yet. more
From The Best Schools: Life as a scholar when you can’t say things that are just plain true . . .
| May 18, 2012 | Posted by News under academic freedom, News, Off Topic |
A writer was fired from Chronicle of Higher Education for alleged racism, but … more
Oxytocin, love drug, turns out not to be
| May 18, 2012 | Posted by News under Mind, Neuroscience, News |
The “love hormone”, it turns out, has a dark side, one that is only just starting to come to light. more
Is there a fifth base in RNA?
| May 18, 2012 | Posted by News under Epigenetics, Intelligent Design, News |
“Although mRNA was thought to contain only four nucleobases, their discovery shows that a fifth base, N6-methyladenosine (m6A), pervades the transcriptome.” more
Are humans riddled with rare genetic variants?
| May 18, 2012 | Posted by News under Genetics, Human evolution, News |
“The findings suggest that researchers will need to revamp their current methods for deciphering gene function, … ” more
Cells found that might be “thousands of years” old
| May 18, 2012 | Posted by News under Cell biology, News |
Some microbes survive by metabolizing so slowly that they can stand otherwise impossible environments more
And now for the good news … somebody spoke up
| May 18, 2012 | Posted by News under News, science education |
About the Darwin lobby’s misrepresentations. more
Why much of the public doesn’t believe in science, a handy illustration
| May 18, 2012 | Posted by News under Media, News, Science |
“Claim: Advanced dinosaurs may rule other planets” Yup. Maybe. more
Hybridization, not Darwin’s natural selection, explains why butterflies mimic each other?
| May 17, 2012 | Posted by News under Evolution, News |
Here’s an open access paper, just published in Nature online (May 16, 2012) , about whose abstract a friend writes to say, “You could request a full paragraph of explanation for each sentence.” Well-known examples of South American butterflies mimicking each other’s wing patterns may be due – not to wing panel by wing panel… more
Epigenetics, game changer
| May 17, 2012 | Posted by News under Epigenetics, News |
“And it’s very interesting to see that the authors got changes in methylation after a single exercise exposure. ” more
From The Best Schools: Mad Scientists Then and Now
| May 17, 2012 | Posted by News under Climate change, Darwinism, News |
“People are too big. If we want to save the planet, we must shrink ourselves.” more