Climate Change?

Climate Change Scenario Take a look at the graph. It shows temperature spikes over the last 400,000 years, based on data drawn from ice cores gathered in Antarctica. Quite clearly major spikes occur about every 100,000 years.   It appears that the universe, or at...

Evolutionary Synchronicity?

The Sword-Billed Hummingbird The Sword-billed Hummingbird is a native of the Andes. You find it in Peru, Colombia, Venezuala and Equador. Hummingbirds are remarkable among bird species – being able to fly backwards, possessing a heart that can beat 1200 times per...

The Amino Acid Story

The Structure of Amino Acids How life formed on planet Earth is not known by science. The fossil record shows the existence of Archaea and Bacteria in rocks that are very old. It also suggests that there was a “prebiotic world” when the Earth was just...

The Bacterial Realm

The Hidden Realm The Hidden World That Shapes Our Lives Bacteria are essential to life on Earth.  They are found in virtually every environment imaginable, from the depths of the ocean to the human gut. They play critical roles in maintaining ecological balance and...

A Tale of Two Cosmoses

The Human Cell (An Artist’s Impression) Like a man born into a world shaped by history and social structures, a cell is born into the intricate micro-environment of a tissue – which is even more structured. It inherits a lineage, a set of instructions encoded in...