The Divine for a Critical Mind: Resources

Reconstitution of Peptide Bond Formation with Escherichia coli 23S Ribosomal RNA Domains.   Abstract It was recently demonstrated that peptide bond formation can occur using an Escherichia coli naked 23S ribosomal RNA without any of the ribosomal proteins. Here, the six domains of the 23S ribosomal RNA were individually synthesized and shown to be capable, when complexed together, of [...]

There is nothing paranormal about near-death experiences: how neuroscience can explain seeing bright lights, meeting the dead, or being convinced you are one of them Dean Mobbs Caroline Watt Published:August 18, 2011DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2011.07.010 Approximately 3% of Americans declare to have had a near-death experience [1]. These experiences classically involve the feeling that one's soul has left [...]

Can the Origin of the Genetic Code Be Explained by Direct RNA Templating? Stephen C. Meyer, Paul A. Nelson Abstract Motivated by the RNA world hypothesis, Michael Yarus and colleagues have proposed a model for the origin of the ‘universal’ genetic code, in which RNA aptamers directly template amino acids for protein assembly. Yarus et [...]

Persistent Problems Confronting Bible Translators. Bruce M. Metzger   Bibliotheca Sacra 150: 599 (1993): 273-284. [Reproduced by permission] [Bruce M. Metzger is Professor of New Testament Language and Literature, Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey.] [This is article three in the four-part series, "Translating the Bible: An Ongoing Task," delivered by the author as the [...]

The Walter Arndt Lecture: The Autonomy of Biology. Ernst Mayr   Science as we know it is the product of developments in the 17th and 18th centuries. What was conceived as science is indicated by the names Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Descartes, and Leibniz. It was the glorious rise of the physical sciences advancing from triumph to triumph. [...]

Absurdities in Modern Physics: A Solution. by Paul Marmet   1 - Promulgation of Absurdities 1-1 The Copenhagen Interpretation. All humans are continuously surrounded, every day of their life, by real facts of nature. We believe in the existence of galaxies, stars, the sun and the moon and the earth. Nobody denies the real existence [...]