Craig Venter led the first privately funded effort to sequence the human genome. Some might think that would be enough to keep a guy busy for a while. Not so. Venter was also trying to be the first researcher to create life in a lab. If you’re interested, here is his own short description of …
Tag: Life
The Politics of Limiting Evil
The political silly season is upon us. And that means it’s time to vote. But don’t buy into the mindset that voting just means choosing between “the lesser of two evils.” Of course, it does. As long as you are voting for fallible human beings, that will always be the case. (I mean, have you …
Millennial Snowflakes? Not So Fast.
We like to make fun of millennials in the "snowflake generation." I must admit that I have been guilty of joining the mockery. But it was my generation who created the snowflakes. And there aren't as many as you think.
When C.S. Lewis Warned Us About Alfie Evans and Charlie Gard
Unfortunately, everybody has heard about Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans. They were both born with eerily similar and rare genetic disorders. They both died before they reached age two. Sadly, those kinds of things happen too often. But neither of them are the reason you’ve heard of Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans. You’ve heard of …
The Origin of Life and Intelligent Design
The Anthropic Principle is astounding enough all on its own. But the evidence for theism gets even stronger when we consider the origin of life. This is evidence that has only appeared in the last 60 years. That’s when we discovered that there is a digital code that defines life itself. There is the signature …