RNA-mediated genetic engineering (Part 3)
RCas9: A programmable RNA editing tool Excerpt: “The researchers envision a wide range of potential applications for RCas9. For example, an RCas9 tethered to a […]
Biology
RNA-mediated genetic engineering (Part 2)
WATCH: Bill Nye the Science Guy predicts end of creationism is nigh Excerpt: “Best known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, the 58-year-old educator, TV […]
Comparing scientific claims
The Christian right’s 5 worst scientific claims Excerpt: “This method of conducting science has led the Christian right to make some incredible — as in, […]
Ecology is my theology
Rev. Michael Dowd (with my emphasis): “Ecology is my theology. Integrity is my salvation. Ensuring a just and healthy future is my mission.” James V. […]
Soft atheism: a case for Creation
The Case for ‘Soft Atheism’ By GARY GUTTING Excerpt: “…much as I admire Dawkins’s work in evolutionary biology and in enhancing the public understanding […]
Sensing and secreting: Darwin’s ‘conditions of life’
Combinatorial Communication in Bacteria: Implications for the Origins of Linguistic Generativity Excerpt: “…in order to understand the evolutionary origins of human communication and language, the most […]
Svante Paabo et al: the end of evolutionary theory
Nutrient-dependent pheromone-controlled ecological adaptations: from atoms to ecosystems My “…atoms to ecosystems approach continues to be based on some speculation, but it is largely based on […]
MiRNAs methylation and ecological adaptation sans mutations (Part 2)
This is part 2 of MiRNAs methylation and ecological adaptation sans mutations. See also: MiRNAs methylation and ecological adaptation sans mutations ADAPTIVE AND ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO […]
Ecological variation and adaptations: another example
Famine, not calcium absorption, may have driven evolution of milk tolerance in Europeans Posted: 22 Jan 2014 06:18 AM PST Ancient DNA from early Iberian farmers […]
Beneficial epistatic mutations revisited
Lost in Transition: Startup of Glycolysis Yields Subpopulations of Nongrowing Cells They looked at the idea of mutation-initiated natural selection in yeasts and found “…that […]