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Just thought I'd give another piece of evidence for evolution. This one involves the globin proteins (present in blood for the transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide). Myoglobin works as a method of transport, but it is incredibly inefficient. Hemoglobin works a lot better. The below graph...

I'm working on a comparison between two different NMR spectrometers in one of my classes. If anybody here has information on either Bruker's Advance 500 MHz or Varian's 400-MR I'd appreciate it. I've been able to find a fair bit of information, but more is always better.

Oh wait, that's not right. "[Center for Media and Public Affairs] issued a report showing that 72 percent of the statements in TV news reports about Obama in late spring and early summer were negative, whereas 57 percent of the statements about McCain were negative."...

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=powering-automotive-future-with-pond-scum Instead, it's crude oil. I really hope that this works. Naturally, if it does Sapphire Energy is going to be filthy rich.

No, really. MIT is offering its course materials for download for free online. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

No, I'm not running one, but the folks over here are. It's pretty simple and doesn't take a lot of time.

It looks like the increase in CO2 in the atmosphere is having a negative effect on coral reefs. CO2 reacts with water to form Carbonic Acid, which means that the increase of CO2 makes the oceans more acidic. Coral is not able to handle the increase in acidity because the polyps anchor onto...

Research has been done on the process of aging and it appears that there are genes responsible for it. Researchers have experimented with worms and found a gene "switch" that can either speed up or slow down aging. These genes also exist in humans (consequence of common descent) and it may be...

This is something that has bugged me for a while. If creationists want to be consistent they have to deny paternity tests just as much as they deny evolution and common descent. Paternity tests compare the genome of children to their parents, and from that determine who is related to who...

A key structure of Ebola has been discovered, a protein that it uses to attach to a host cell. It sounds like medicine can be developed to attack the weak points of this protein and prevent it from infecting humans. The majority of the protein is protected by carbohydrates, but enough of it...

I would really, really like to see somebody explain the existence of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in respect to creationism. Some information about what ERVs actually are: When a retrovirus (virus with just RNA) infects a germ cell (sperm or egg) it inserts it's genetic code into the genome...

All the main physics principles can be explained away by the existence of tiny gnomes. Electricity: Inside cables there are hundreds of tiny gnomes 'high-fiving' each other and running around swapping messages. This transfer of messages allows things to work, e.g. the gnomes in a plug socket...

Scientists Close to Reconstructing First Living Cell So, what was this about abiogenesis being unsupported?

Regulating Evolution: How Gene Switches Make Life Some excepts: It's nice to know that there is actual work being done in the field despite the best efforts of creationists.

I'd like to make this very clear, I only want scientists answering this poll. I don't care who posts here, but I only want scientists to answer the poll. Basically, I want to know if you found some evidence against evolution, would you publish it? Would you fear being laughed at by the...

link Because apparently it is being tested. Researchers separated a population of lizards from the rest of them in 1971 and raised them in a different environment (which should lead to natural selection changing selection pressure). According to the article not only were the lizards larger...

There are two facilities owned by a man by the name of Jay Van Andel one is the Van Andel Institute which is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. As BioSpace describes it, the Institute is "an independent research organization that is dedicated to preserving, enhancing and expanding the frontiers...

HEAR O CHRISTIAN FORUMS: We have decided to follow HIM! ...No, not Jesus. We mean Peter Pan! BE WARY OF THE EVILS OF HOOK...IT IS ONLY THROUGH PETER PAN THAT ONE MAY ATTAIN ETERNAL NEVER-GROWNUPNESS!!!!!!!!!11 COS CAPTAIN HOOK IS AN EVIL HOMOSEXUAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111 Captain of TEH GHEY...

So, what are people's thoughts about LaVey's Church of Satan? Has anybody here practiced it? Looked into it? Any former members? What do the people here think about its worldview? Or has to word 'Satan' in its name scared people away?

I just thought that I would share this. source