RNAi

RNAi is an arrestingly interesting little mechanism for protecting the health of cells. The “i” stands for interference, and with good reason. RNAi is made up of a series of molecules which work to detect and destroy possible viruses and RNA which could be viruses.
It was first detected in 1986 when an attempt was made [...]

New information

I’ve posted about “new information” in the past, but I recently wrote this for some friends and figured it may as well go up here, too.
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This is from a YouTube video by some dishonest creationists who poorly edited a video to make it look like Richard Dawkins couldn’t answer a question. It doesn’t deserve to [...]

How inviting

I have been cordially invited to attend a viewing of Expelled at the University of Maine at Augusta campus on Tuesday, April 7 at 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. (You must be logged into Facebook to view.) Here is the event description.
We will be watching “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed”
The debate over evolution is confusing [...]

Origins

It’s only a matter of time until something very much like life is created in the lab. Until then, scientists are still working on how it happened, nearly 4 billion years ago. The research is promising.
With the aid of a straightforward experiment, researchers have provided some clues to one of biology’s most complex questions: how [...]

Eyespots

History recently aired a series called “Evolve” which focused upon various aspects of evolution: wings, sex, guts, etc. But the most interesting episode was probably the one on eyes. It’s pretty clear they started out with eyes because of all the hub-bub made by creationists who find this organ to be too complex to have [...]