Nick Matzke wrote an excellent update on what we know about the Origin of Life:
Here is a short list of things we have discovered or confirmed in the last 50 years or so pertaining to the origin of life. In my opinion all of these points have reached high enough confidence that they are unlikely to change much with future discoveries, and our confidence in them does not depend in uncertainties in the remaining unanswered questions.
I agree with him that, in confrontations with Creationists, we should not secede the origin of life to then (i.e.., "evolution only covers what happens once Life already exists). When I teach BIO101, I always cover the current ideas about the Origin of Life, and Nick’s post will be helpful for me next time to get my lecture up to date (and perhaps give it as "supplemental reading" to the students). Read the comments on this post...
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The Phoenix has landed [Gene Expression]From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-05-25 22:22:07
As you probably know, the Phoenix has landed on Mars. No problems so far. I assume the best place to track the data as it comes back is the NASA mission page for Phoenix. Here are the mission goals :
--Determine whether Life ever arose on Mars
--Characterize the Climate of Mars
--Characterize the Geology of Mars
--Prepare for Human Exploration Read the comments on this post... ...
more Why the Republicans Need to Lose [Afarensis]From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-05-25 22:14:56
The video below of Fox News contributor Liz Trotta gleefully laughing over the idea of someone assassinating either Obama or Osama seconds after she conflates the two says it all. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... ...
more Nipple cream warning: harmful to nursing infants [Terra Sigillata]From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-05-25 20:56:18
I missed this FDA warning in my e-mail box this week. But given the use of such products by breast-feeding women we know, I think this warning is worth publicizing here - chlorphenesin is a centrally-active skeletal muscle relaxant that is for some reason used in cosmetics but is not intended for oral consumption:
FDA Warns Consumers Against Using Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream
Product can be harmful to nursing infants
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumer...
more Inherit the windbags [Evolving Thoughts]From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-05-25 20:56:09
Peter Berbergal has a lovely, lyrical and wistful piece on Nextbook, on how scriptural literalism and creationism destroys what is best in religious imagination. Go read it.
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