Walt Whitman Type post Author David Coppedge Date March 15, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , bioelectric field, bioelectricity, blood clotting, cable bacteria, drug delivery, electricity, locomotion, Monash University, PNAS, proteins, skin cells, Steve Laufmann, swimming pool, The Scientist, titin, University of Warwick, Walt Whitman, water wires, Your Designed Body Let’s Sing the Body Electric David Coppedge March 15, 2023 Evolution, Intelligent Design 7 The emerging science of “bioelectricity” is opening new vistas into the electrical energy powering our nerves, organs, and tissues. Read More ›
lab mouse Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 9, 2023 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineTechnology Tagged , abortions, babies, birth defects, chromosomes, egg cells, fathers, human experimentation, humans, infertility, mice, mother, procreation, skin cells, stem cells, The Guardian, women Mice Born with No Mother, Two Fathers: What Next? Wesley J. Smith March 9, 2023 Bioethics, Medicine, Technology 3 Ostensibly the purpose would be to help with rare forms of infertility in women. But these are dual-edged technologies. Read More ›
lab mouse Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 11, 2022 CategoriesBioethicsEthicsTechnology Tagged , Aldous Huxley, Bioscience, clones, egg, fertilization, human experimentation, human life, Israel, mice, mouse embryos, organ harvesting, skin cells, sperm, stem cells, synthetic embryos, The Guardian, unborn, uterus, utilitarianism About Those “Synthetic Embryos” Wesley J. Smith August 11, 2022 Bioethics, Ethics, Technology 4 I have no problem with this work in mice. But the scientists want to take this technology into human experimentation. Read More ›
brain organoids Type post Date July 22, 2022 CategoriesEthicsMedicineNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , Alysson Muotri, autism, birth, brains, consciousness, dementia, embryos, motor neuron disease, New Scientist, organoids, sentience, skin cells, Stanford University, UC San Diego Yikes, Lab-Grown Brains Are Getting Closer Science and Culture July 22, 2022 Ethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind 4 The excitement is the prospect of better understanding and treatment of dementia, autism, and motor neuron disease (ALS). Read More ›
geraniums Type post Author Walter Myers III Date January 21, 2021 CategoriesBotanyLife Sciences Tagged , Apple iPhone, branches, cellulose, computer programs, computers, Energy, Facebook, Fibonacci sequence, flowers, humans, Instagram, leaves, module, needles, nitrogen, oxygen, photosynthesis, pine tree, programmers, skin cells, soil, Southern California, sunlight, thermostats, TikTok, trunks, water Plant Diversity and Computer Programming Walter Myers III January 21, 2021 Botany, Life Sciences 8 I asked the gardener how come, after all these years, the soil in my geranium pots is at roughly the same level. Read More ›
Radiolarian shells Type post Author Michael Denton Date October 2, 2020 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , amoeba, bacterial flagellum, bacterium, behaviorism, cytoplasm, E. coli, fitness, Lawrence Henderson, liver cells, molecular biology, Nature (journal), paramecium, protozoans, skin cells, Stentor, The Fitness of the Environment, third infinity Excerpt — The Infinite Complexity of Cells Michael Denton October 2, 2020 Intelligent Design 8 The unique powers of cells — their “demonic catalytic powers” — and their fitness to play their unique role as the building blocks of all life are a wonder. Read More ›
Human_dopaminergic_neurons_scale-1 Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 31, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, adult stem cells, dopamine, embryos, Kyoto University, monkeys, neurons, regenerative medicine, Research, skin cells, stem cells Ethical Stem Cells Relieve Parkinson’s in Monkeys Wesley J. Smith August 31, 2017 Bioethics, Medicine 3 The advance of ethical stem cell research continues exponentially. Read More ›