Natural Selection: No Intelligence Allowed (full movie)
700 Club Interview: Ben Stein Debunks Darwinism in New Movie(starts at 3:39) “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” is a 98 minute-long movie about the freedom […]
Month: November 2013
A 6000 year-old "Eve"
How long does it take for mutation-driven evolution of the human brain to occur? If you don’t know, we could compare your guess in the […]
Perception, physiology and odor rewards
Drosophila Life Span and Physiology Are Modulated by Sexual Perception and Reward Science 1243339 Published online 29 November 2013 Abstract excerpt: “…healthy aging may be […]
Big brains are not all in the genes
Big brains are all in the genes Nov 28, 2013 by Marie Daniels Excerpt: “We found that brain size variations are associated with changes in […]
Pheromones and longevity in worms (and flies)
Scent of Opposite Sex Shortens Lives of Flies and Worms by Ed Yong Excerpt: “More seriously, she notes that it’s still not clear if human pheromones […]
Turkeys: Differential gene expression is nutrient-dependent
Happy Thanksgiving from folks at “The Scientist” who thought it was cute to again note comments from Nov 1, about a nutrient source some of […]
The thermodynamics of epistasis vs cancer
In “Moving forward,” which was the next to the last section of my 2013 review, I wrote (with my emphasis): “Evidence from genome-wide analysis suggests […]
Angels and devils in evolutonary theory
‘Deep pragmatism’ as a source of morality by Peter Reuell Summary: ““Everyday morality is about being selfish versus caring about others. That’s what we think […]
First response to food odors (and pheromones?)
Locusts reveal how neurons distinguish multiple odors November 25th, 2013 in Neuroscience Excerpt: “Our sense of smell is often the first response to environmental stimuli. […]
A novel human immune system gene
Mutation-driven amino acid substitutions and mutation-initiated natural selection in the context of mutation-driven evolution currently can be reported only in the historical context of magical, […]