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Cognitive Decline and a Biblical Decree
Elderly people without dementia show patterns of cognitive decline in the years prior to death, a new study published in Neurology magazine indicates. This sheds some interesting light on a particular passage in Genesis.
The study on cognitive decline in the elderly adds another layer of understanding to a physical phenomenon that the Bible describes precisely. Read the entire article.
Surviving Exhibit: Science or Indoctrination?
An exhibition favoring evolution has opened to coincide with the “Year of Evolution,” a celebration being held from April 2008 to May 2009 by the University of Pennsylvania and various Philadelphia organizations.
Titled “Surviving: The Body of Evidence,” the exhibition opened at the Penn Museum in April and will begin traveling to museums around the country in summer 2009 to spread its vision of an evolution-only explanation for life and the natural world. Read the entire article.
"Relative Pitch" Is Human
A new study out of the University of Rochester has revealed that more people have perfect pitch than was expected. Perfect, or “absolute,” pitch is the ability to recognize or produce a specific musical note without a known reference and has traditionally been associated with musically trained individuals.
Research has also yielded an interesting distinction regarding pitch perception in humans and animals. Read the entire article.
Green Chemical Clean-up
Researchers have developed a chemical catalyst modeled after peroxidase enzymes. Peroxidase is a complex protein that converts certain chemicals from harmful to benign and is found in almost all living cells. The goal of the recent studies at Carnegie Mellon University is to provide alternative, environmentally friendly options for industrial waste cleaning.
If a close imitation of the enzyme is enough to produce beneficial effects, what does that say about the nature of the actual enzyme? Read the entire article.
Photosynthesis Inspires "Green Fuel" Breakthrough
An international team of researchers has developed the first man-made device capable of using sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, which is a key process in photosynthesis. This may make hydrogen easier to produce for use as a "green" fuel.
The researchers took their design cues from pre-existing plant structures and the process of photosynthesis. But where did photosynthesis come from? Read the entire article.
Sichuan Compassion Contravenes Evolution
Human rights issues and the heavy-handed government control of public life are just a few of the ongoing concerns that democratic nations have with China. However, if we look back just barely three months to the massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan Province, we see a very different side to this country.
People hopped buses, peddled bikes, caught trains, and walked, sometimes for days, to Sichuan to help in the recovery efforts. What motivated them? Read the entire article.
DNA Repair Enzymes: Vital Links in the Chain of Life
Several decades ago, the cellular process known as “DNA repair” was not even suspected. But since then, investigation of genetic functions has increasingly revealed a system that is mind-bogglingly elegant, minute, and effective.
If we postulate that new biological structures arise from the selection of genetic mistakes, called mutations, and that this process has resulted in the life functions we currently observe, then we have an enigma. Read the entire article.
Corrupted Chemical Communication Causes Disease
Broken communication seems to be the cause of many diseases, not bad bacteria, according to research from the University of Wisconsin. Microbiologist Margaret McFall-Ngai and her colleagues have recently uncovered hundreds of genes that are responsible for coding chemicals that communicate between host organisms and bacteria.
What they have found is a failure to communicate. Read the entire article.
Nylon-Eating Bacteria and Evolutionary Progress
Bacteria capable of metabolizing nylon were discovered in the 1970s. Nylon is a man-made substance that was developed in the 20th century. Since bacteria had not been exposed to it before then, could their new capacity to consume nylon positively demonstrate evolutionary progress?
Nylon-eating bacteria actually exemplify microevolution (adaptation), not macroevolution. Read the entire article.
Giving Human Evolution a Hand
Although the jury is still out on the creation/evolution debate in the scientific and public policy arenas, media and pop culture present evolutionary assumptions and theories as though they were scientific fact in everything from casual references to featured articles.
A recent issue of U.S. News & World Report offered a series of articles on the current state of human evolution, including related scientific advancements. Will science lead us to a brighter tomorrow? Read the entire article.
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