Month: July 2014
Setting the Record Straight: Stephen Meyer and “Junk” DNA
An Amazon reviewer faults Stephen Meyer’s Signature in the Cell for not discussing the question of “junk” DNA. Actually, he does, in multiple places. Here’s the lowdown.
War on Humans: How Would Legalizing Assisted Suicide Help the Downtrodden?
A South African anti-apartheid icon joins the debate on doctor-prescribed death. Et tu, Tutu?
The Edge of Evolution: Why Darwin’s Mechanism Is Self-Limiting
As we’ve discussed extensively here over the past week, a recent paper confirms a key inference I made in 2007 in The Edge of Evolution.
Peer-Reviewed Science: What the Field of Systems Biology Can Tell Us About Intelligent Design
“‘Reverse engineering’ would seem to imply that there was ‘engineering’ in the first place.”
Now with 12 Emmy Nominations, Why Shouldn’t Cosmos End Up in the Schools?
As a media vehicle, the series is much less “educationally driven” than it is message-driven.