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Deconstructing intelligent design (2): Dembski’s “explanatory filter” is not a filter at all

Deconstructing intelligent design (2): Dembski’s “explanatory filter” is not a filter at all

Philosophy of science

By Jesús Zamora Bonilla

Besides confusing what a scientific explanation is, as we saw in the previous entry , Dembski’s ‘explanatory filter’ (‘anything must be explained by law, by chance, or by design’) also commits the worst mistake that can be committed while using the logical rule known as ‘disjunctive syllogism’ (“either p or q; not p; ergo q”) […]

MI weekly selection #99

MI weekly selection #99

Humanities & Social SciencesScienceTechnologyWeekly Selection

By César Tomé

Earth’s water may be more ancient than previously estimated Scientists have come across evidence suggesting that Earth’s water may have been around for much longer than previously thought. The latest findings show that water may have been present in the inner solar system at least 135 million years earlier than previous estimates and that it […]

Young blood and old brain rejuvenation

Young blood and old brain rejuvenation

Neurobiology

By Jaime de Juan Sanz

We all have heard stories about young blood-consuming vampires remaining eternally youthful. Although lots of literary fictions have become true with scientific progress, no one would ever believe that young blood could have rejuvenative effects on the elderly. Surprisingly, this is recently becoming true with the increasing evidence in biomedical research showing that old mice […]

Alzheimer’s disease: 3D culture system brings hope to drug discovery

Alzheimer’s disease: 3D culture system brings hope to drug discovery

NeurobiologyNeuroscience

By Raúl Delgado-Morales

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most devastating human pathologies. AD is the leading cause of age-related dementia and currently afflicts more than 44 million persons worldwide (World Alzheimer Report 2014). It is characterized by a cognitive decline and memory loss and by the appearance of two pathological hallmarks: beta amyloid plaques and cytoskeletal […]

Mi weekly selection #98

Mi weekly selection #98

Humanities & Social SciencesScienceTechnologyWeekly Selection

By César Tomé

3D map shows the adolescent universe Astronomers have pieced together an image of what the adolescent universe looked like using just four hours of telescope observation time, producing a three-dimensional map. The map, millions of light-years across, shows areas of high-density matter that appear to be galaxies as they were just 3 billion years after […]

Jones: the trembling town

Jones: the trembling town

Geosciences

By Maialen Ruiz Prada

Jones is a small city located in the state of Oklahoma, in the Central United States. In Science Magazine we can read that the town has one bar, three restaurants and nine churches. It looks like the perfect place for a truly peaceful holiday, doesn’t it? Too bad that our perception of Jones’s tranquility can […]

Can a Nitrate Transporter help to reduce the contamination associated to excessive fertilization in agriculture?

Can a Nitrate Transporter help to reduce the contamination associated to excessive fertilization in agriculture?

BiologyEcologyPlant biology

By Daniel Marino

Nitrogen (N) is an essential nutrient for plant growth and most plants require 20-50 g of N taken up by their roots to produce 1 kg of dry biomass. Although N is one of the most abundant elements on earth, agricultural soils are deficient in N and thus, to sustain crops productivity soils require their […]