Category: Science
Prometheus: A Brief Review
The origin of DNA and of the first life is the key question being investigated by the protagonists, heroes and villains alike.
The Stubbornness of Their Ignorance
“What makes the human mind so resistant to certain kinds of facts, even when these facts are buttressed by vast amounts of evidence?”
Critics Getting "Worried" about "Intelligent-Design Subtext" in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus
A reviewer for The Economist became so upset watching the movie that he goes into a (totally irrelevant) rant about chimp versus human DNA and young-earth creationism.
A Knotty Puzzle
Until fairly recently, scientists believed that folded proteins could be unfolded into a simple polypeptide chain by tugging on one end.
James Barham’s “Seeing Past Darwin” Series
“Never in the evolutionary history of the slime mold was there selection for solving mazes.”