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June 26, 2019
“What a mouse! . . . WHAT A MOUSE!” The narrator’s exclamation became the signature cry each time the superhero Mighty Mouse carried out the most impossible of feats.A parody of Superman, Mighty Mouse was the 1942 creation of Paul Terry of Terrytoons Studio for 20th Century Fox. Since then, Mighty Mouse has appeared in theatrical shorts and films, Saturday morning cartoons, and comic books.
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Age of the Earth
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Fossil Record
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June 19, 2019
There is a lot that evolutionary biologists can learn about the purpose of junk DNA from my wife. Let me explain. Recently, I wound up with a disassembled cabinet in the trunk of my car. Neither my wife Amy nor I could figure out where to put the cabinet in our home and we didn’t want to store it in the garage. The cabinet had all its pieces and was practically new. So, I offered it to a few people, but there were no takers. It seemed that nobody wanted to assemble the cabinet.
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Junk DNA & Bad Designs
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Biochemistry
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June 12, 2019
My last name, Rana, is Sanskrit in origin, referring to someone who descends from the Thar Ghar aristocracy. Living in Southern California means I don’t often meet Urdu-speaking people who would appreciate the regal heritage connected to my family name. But I do meet a lot of Spanish speakers. And when I introduce myself, I often see raised eyebrows and smiles.
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Argument from Beauty
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Biomimicry
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June 5, 2019
If God exists and if he is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, why is there so much pain and suffering in the world? This conundrum keeps many skeptics and seekers from the Christian faith and even troubles some Christians.
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Animal Death
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Problem of Evil
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Pain and Suffering
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May 29, 2019
As I get older, I find myself forgetting things—a lot. But, thanks to smartphone technology, I have learned how to manage my forgetfulness by using the “Notes” app on my iPhone.
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Anthropic Principle
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Bioinformatics
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Biochemistry
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Intelligent Design
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Design
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May 22, 2019
You may not have ever heard of him, but he played an important role in ushering in the Darwinian revolution in biology. His name was Asa Gray.
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Animal Death
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Problem of Evil
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Carnivores
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Pain and Suffering
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May 15, 2019
When Francis Crick, codiscoverer of the DNA double helix, first conceived of molecular biology’s organizing principle in 1958, he dubbed it the central dogma. He soon came to regret the term. In his autobiographical account, What Mad Pursuit, Crick writes:
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May 8, 2019
It was one of the most painful experiences I ever had. A few years ago, I had two back-to-back bouts of kidney stones. I remember it as if it were yesterday. Man, did it hurt when I passed the stones! All I wanted was for the emergency room nurse to keep the Demerol coming.
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Intelligent Design
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Junk DNA & Bad Designs
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Pain and Suffering
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Genomics
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May 1, 2019
A few days ago, I ran across a BuzzFeed list that catalogs 24 of the most poorly designed things in our time. Some of the items that stood out from the list for me were:
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Biochemistry
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Intelligent Design
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Design
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April 17, 2019
I finally upgraded my iPhone a few weeks ago from a 5s to an 8 Plus. I had little choice. The battery on my cell phone would no longer hold a charge.
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Intelligent Design
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Design
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Biochemistry
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April 3, 2019
I just finished binge-watching Altered Carbon. Based on the 2002 science fiction novel written by Richard K. Morgan, this Netflix original series is provocative, to say the least.
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Image of God
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Human Uniqueness
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March 27, 2019
In Latin it literally means, “somewhere else.” Legal experts consider an alibi to be one of the most effective legal defenses available in a court of law because it has the potential to prove a defendant’s innocence. It goes without saying: if a defendant has an alibi, it means that he or she was somewhere else when the crime was committed.
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Human Origins
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Neanderthals/Hominids
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Human Uniqueness
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Image of God
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March 20, 2019
Gregg Allman fronted the Allman Brothers Band for over 40 years until his death in 2017 at the age of 69. Writer Mark Binelli described Allman’s voice as “a beautifully scarred blues howl, old beyond its years.”
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Evolution
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Design
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Convergence
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March 13, 2019
Sometimes I just can’t help myself. I know it’s clickbait but I click on the link anyway. A few days ago, as a result of momentary weakness, I found myself reading an article from the ScoopWhoop website, “16 Things Most of Us Think Are the Same but Actually Aren’t.”
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Molecular Evolution
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Evolution
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Common Design vs. Common Descent
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March 6, 2019
Nobody likes to be interrupted when they are talking. It feels disrespectful and can be frustrating. Interruptions derail the flow of a conversation.
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Common Design vs. Common Descent
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Junk DNA & Bad Designs
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Genes & DNA
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Design
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February 27, 2019
It has been described as one of the most “heated and acrimonious debates in biochemistry during the twentieth century,” and its resolution carries implications for a different ideological conflict—that of the origin of life.
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Origin of Life
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Intelligent Design
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Biochemistry
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