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One gene may drive leap from single cell to multicellular life – life – 22 June 2015 – New Scientist
The question “why and how did life ever go from single cell lifeforms to multicellular life” has been a challenge to answer for biologists. It was thought that this was a giant evolutionary hurdle. New research suggests that this may actually be quite easy. If these findings hold up, we’ve taken an important step in…
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Cradle of creation: Evolution shapes up new ecosystem in the lab – life – 19 June 2015 – New Scientist
There are still opponents to evolution, most often found in religious circles. They are fond of claiming that evolution has never been observed by science. Well, here is a long running science experiment that has taken a strain of E. Coli bacteria through 60.000 generations. Monitoring the genetic changes in the organisms, the team running…
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Evolution: 550 myr in 1 minute « Why Evolution Is True
I really enjoy these kinds of animations. You just see how evolution makes sense, producing gradual changes over a long enough period of time, you get vastly different animals. No pigs giving birth to cows or other common erroneous interpretations. Just a simple, gradual change. Well done! Source: Evolution: 550 myr in 1 minute «…
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5 completely insane things Christian fundamentalists are teaching their kids – Salon.com
People sometimes ask me what it is that I have against religion. This would require a very lengthy answer, but here is a perfect example of one of those reasons. Would you believe me if I told you that there are people who teach children that Nessie is real and that evolution is discredited? That…
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The Tyranny of the Discontinuous Mind
Last night, I wrote a post about my discussion with someone who considers all abortion is equal to murder. In that article, I included a tweet from Richard Dawkins, who said that an embryo is at the very least less sentient than any adult mammal. Since mr. Dawkins is a world-renowned biologist, I think his…
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15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense
A link to a very good article that I found in the Twitter feed of Ah Science!, answering Creationists wrong, biased, misinformed and deceptive objections to evolution. Good read! Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don’t hold up Source: 15 Answers to Creationist…