Month: May 2015
Understanding Cardiovascular Function: How Water Stays Within the Circulation
The force that opposes filtering water out of the circulation by the hydrostatic pressure is osmosis.
Theory of Convergent Evolution Analyzed
Using examples from swimming animals that are evolutionarily unrelated, five scientists sought to explain how they all ended up with optimal undulating fins.
As Clay in the Potter’s Hand, Eugenicists Would Edit Human Genes
One Oxford bioethicist says germ-line experiments are no different from having cell phones and computers.
Listen: How Neo-Darwinism Struggles to Explain Biogeographical Distribution
Casey Luskin continues his series discussing the top ten problems with biological and chemical evolution.
Junk No Mo: Scientists Turn Genetic Junk into Master Controller
Micro RNA: It’s not junk mail, but the email server; it’s not the audience noise, but the puppet master running the show.