Published 12-15-2015 We have experienced a reprise of the fascination triggered when a new life enters the family. At the risk of being repetitive, we must acknowledge renewed awe of…
Published 12-9-2015 Epigenetics is a new and unfamiliar term to many non-scientists. The term signifies inherited changes to the phenotype (physical and behavioral traits) that are not caused by the…
Published 12-4-2015 Proteins begin their lives as chains of amino acids in the body. In humans, protein-forming amino acids are either acquired in foods we eat (essential amino acids) or…
Published 11-29-2015 Citizens who have lived through World War II may contemplate a treasure of science discoveries. One favored activity is searching out timelines of discovery in science as a…
Published 11-19-2015 Our bio-science vocabulary is expanding. Within the lifetimes of today’s senior citizens, the molecule of DNA was named as the bearer of genetic information. By mid 20th century,…
Published 11-16-2015 Among many concerns with the truth of the evolutionary paradigm is the reality of building a new species. If evolution is true, new species made their initial appearance…
Published 11-11-2015 Stephen C. Meyer’s interview series with John Ankerberg on the JAShow in July and August presented a conceptual and descriptive outline of the broad subject of popular evolutionary…
Published 11-5-2015 Philosopher/cognitive scientist David J. Chalmers formulated an expression to characterize our quest for knowledge of consciousness. In 1996 he called it “the hard problem.” The term has since…
Published 10-30-2015 When our neighborhood birds decided to engage in high-spirited, ebullient behavior, our thoughts wandered toward, “What caused this sudden display?” Description of the behavior is easy; explanation is…
Published 10-16-2015 Looking out across our back deck into the trees of our northwest Illinois neighborhood in autumn, our birds (I’ve called this area “bird heaven”) occasionally stage an impressive…