God designed a domain of prokaryotes called Archaea that thrive in harsh and extreme environments. In 1969, two microbiologists, Thomas Brock and Hudson Freeze, discovered a heat-resistant bacterium in a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. This thermophile was named Thermus aquaticus. From this bacterium, biochemist Alice Chien and others isolated a DNA polymerase called Taq polymerase (Taq) that was later used in polymer... More...
Where did spiders (arachnids) come from? What was their origin? Clearly, the fossil record shows spiders have always been spiders1,2 along with other chelicerates (a subphylum of the arthropods).
The alleged evolution of the chelicerates (i.e., Arachnida) has recently become complex and problematic. According to Sharma and Gavish-Regev writing in the Annual Review of Entomology, the “longstanding hypothese... More...
Scientists will probably never fully understand photosynthesis as additional research uncovers even more fascinating mysteries.1,2 ICR’s Dr. Jeffery Tomkins gives an overview of this incredible biochemical procedure:
Photosynthesis is a highly complex process in plants that produces carbohydrates from water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight using a light-to-electron energy conversion proces... More...
The element nitrogen is critical in the living world. It is a basic building block of structural and regulatory proteins, nucleic acids, and chlorophyll in plants. God created the nitrogen metabolic networks found in people and various living organisms.
There is a large group of versatile nitrogen-containing enzymes called aminotransferases (ATs) or transaminases. They are designed to move amino groups (the building blocks of pro... More...
The beautiful sea stars (“starfish”), classified as echinoderms, are one of the most easily identifiable marine invertebrates, with their characteristic radiating arms and stony skin of calcium carbonate. The sea star’s water vascular system is one of the more amazing and complex arrangements in the animal world. The brittle stars and basket stars comprise the largest class of living echinoderms.
Recently, scien... More...
Conventional thinking relegates creationists—folks who believe that God created the world only thousands of years ago—to quack science. After all, are they not brimming with irrational bias? If that’s true, then how did I, a creationist, help get another journal article through the strict peer review process? I did science.
My area of expertise is fossil proteins. It fascinates me because of how strongly it conf... More...