The Institute for Creation Research has a number of magazines, the most famous of which is Acts and Facts, which is often featured on the ICR’s front page. Here’s a brief summary of the October 2011 edition.
Posts Tagged ‘genes’
19 Sep
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Genome, by D. melanogaster
Today’s DpSU is called Transposon Behavior Negates ‘Selfish Gene’ Theory.
23 Jul
More Fruit Fly Larvae
A month or so ago I tackled a DpSU about how all the bad things that happen when you so much as think about tampering with the genetic code for the larvae of the fruit fly disproves evolution. Or rather, doesn’t. Today we have another article on fruit flies, which represents a not a-typical last-ditch [...]
12 Jul
One Man’s Evolution is Another Man’s Adaptation, it Seems
Where the second man is, obviously, the ICR’s Brian Thomas. In today’s Daily (pseudo)Science Update, Yeast Adapt, But Don’t Evolve, we have a discussion of a study on the capacity for yeast to Evolve/Adapt to environmental changes. Why Mr Thomas links to the Science article that we can only see part of, rather than the [...]
9 Jul
I take a day off…
…And Brian Thomas breaks his pattern, putting out a DpSU on a Friday, leaving me with two to catch up on. Typical…
14 Jun
Limits to Evolution and an Out of Place Fossil – Quick DpSU 14 June
Our first DpSU is entitled “The Cost of Adaptations Limits Evolution“. This seems to be a classic Micro/Macro Evolution story, and by my reckoning a Type AE DpSU (Misrepresented Study). Or in this case, studies. Mr Thomas is talking about two studies from a recent issue of the journal Science in which bacteria (Methylobacterium and [...]
3 Jun
New Study Can Be Made To Vaguely Correlate With (Parts Of The Second Half Of) The Book Of Genesis (DpSU)
Or, as Mr Thomas puts it, Genetics [sic] Analysis of Jews Confirms Genesis. Same thing? Let’s see… What actually happened? A study was investigating the genetic evidence for further “sub-Saharan African gene flow into some West Eurasian populations after the initial dispersal out of Africa that occurred at least 45,000 years ago” (I’m quoting from [...]
2 Jun
Genetic Stop Sign Halts Evolutionary Explanations (DpSU)
Soo… If you genetically modify the good ol’ fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, to remove a presumed-redundant genetic ‘stop signal’ at one of the many places in the fly’s genome where there are double ups, you don’t get a very happy fly. Also, this disproves evolution. hmm… You may have noticed that Mr Thomas has two [...]
