Tag: IN OUR TIME

IN OUR TIME: PARASITISM

IN OUR TIME: PARASITISM

Are we to assume that cancer is not "bad", and that the rispiritory system, with all its wonders, is not "good"?

IN OUR TIME: ENZYMES

IN OUR TIME: ENZYMES

Another evolutionist joined the conversation, eager to prevent Melvyn from using that nasty “intelligence” concept again: “This is one thing that we’re always very careful of when we’re talking in the public sphere, because this idea of intelligence is very seductive”.

IN OUR TIME: The Evolution of Crocodiles

IN OUR TIME: The Evolution of Crocodiles

In our Time hasn't been pushing the claims of evolution very much lately, but when I saw the title of this particular episode, I decided I had to tackle it head-on, from the perspective of my faith and conviction that God created the heavens and the earth.

IN OUR TIME: PHEROMONES

IN OUR TIME: PHEROMONES

The hypothesis continues. As time went on from the first sexual attraction between goldfish, there was selection of the generations for greater and greater sensitivity, but also for specificity, says our expert. That seems logical, but if, right at the start, "way back", the female had produced nothing to attract a mate, and the male had not responded, there would be no goldfish...

IN OUR TIME: FUNGI

IN OUR TIME: FUNGI

Melvyn the host, in the necessity of his role in the show, then asks the expert how they know about this event, in which fungi helped plants to go terrestrial: how did they find out that this happened? A good question indeed...