Overview of the 12 recent discoveries below, If you want to explore this more in detail, please
click on the link above and open the PowerPoints available. Even a mp4 file is available leading you through
the powerpoint.
- The universe (space-time, matter, energy) had a beginning and will
have an end. - The laws of physics, the fundamental constants, and the initial
conditions of the universe are fine-tuned to allow for the possibility of
life. - Protein sequence space is far too large to be searched and highly
functional sequences (i.e. enzymes) are incredibly rare (~ 1 in 1065). - The number of genes in the simplest free-living organism is about
450. - Life is based on a digital information processing system.
- Molecular machines and sophisticated software algorithms are
essential to all life-forms. - Random mutation + natural selection has severe limitations as a
creative mechanism that are now well understood. - So many highly improbable factors make earth habitable that it is
VERY unlikely that another truly “earth-like” planet exists in our galaxy. - The “junk DNA” paradigm has been shown to be false. Most, if not
all, noncoding DNA has function. - The Cambrian (and other) explosions in the fossil record are not
consistent with the Darwinian model of gradual evolution. - Extensive post-translational processing (editing) of genes occurs in
eukaryotes: the spliceosome and the splicing code - Genes that extensively overlap in the same or opposite directions
within a stretch of DNA (overlapping codes)
Other Online Resources:
https://evolutionnews.org/
https://www.discovery.org/video-series/long-story-short/
https://scienceuprising.com/
https://michaelbehe.com/videos/secrets-of-the-cell/
https://www.youtube.com/user/DiscoveryScienceNews
https://intelligentdesign.org/
https://idthefuture.com/