5+ hour, 21+ min ago  (346+ words) Traditionally, five major enzyme complexes are described by what biochemists call the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Engineers would call the mitochondrial respiratory chain a "power plant" where current flows through a circuit to build up voltage. That voltage then spins a…...

15+ hour, 48+ min ago  (928+ words) Significantly, these data indicate that the space of usable amino acids is severely constrained. Source Francis Crick described the conventional genetic code as a "frozen accident," given that once the mapping between codons and amino acids is established it becomes…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (358+ words) I was not prepared for what I experienced in The Story of Everything: The Science That Reveals a Mind Behind the Universe. And yet I was. Then there's the archival material. The filmmakers found some great historical footage of famous…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (295+ words) As we approach the April 30 national opening of The Story of Everything, our colleague John West underscores what is at stake in the argument that the theatrical documentary so beautifully presents. Whether the universe has an author isn't a matter…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (341+ words) The churches that Devin Squeri consulted utterly failed to provide the smallest modicum of help in addressing his questions. Source Devin Squeri grew up in a nominally Catholic home and accepted the basic tenets of the faith until around age…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (262+ words) Over the weekend I was at a dinner where the subject of language came up and which language is the most difficult to speak or learn. One guest, an amateur linguist, asserted that it was the Khoisan languages of Africa…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (300+ words) Writing for Chronicles about The Story of Everything, journalist John Zmirak hits a very sensitive and important point: this is a movie to share with young people, if you can possibly do so. The good news is that if you…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (394+ words) In reading David Klinghoffer's recent comments on Bethel Mc Grew's Wall Street Journal article, relevant to The Story of Everything, a single phrase of Mc Grew's particularly arrested my attention: "Man isn't a lonely cosmic accident, but'beloved." To be "beloved…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (258+ words) Philosopher Timothy Mc Grew is someone I was not fully acquainted with but he's one of the stars of the film. Source The Story of Everythingincludes a fascinating argument for intelligent design from the existence of beauty. Philosopher Timothy Mc…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (538+ words) Now in a timely fashion, along comes our colleague Dr. Casey Luskin with a very interesting and relevant article in the Epoch Times. His point is fundamental, quite striking, and original. From, "Think Aliens Are the Answer? Think Again: Americans,…...