From Physorg.com, looking at the genes from a group of humans it was found that the more complex the brain became the less it evolved. The protein interactions within the brain seem to be intolerent to mutations. See article.

I use to get irritated when some fundy made the comment that science says that we are made out of rock or dirt or the like. Even when they say that Genesis is how we were created: Adam from dust (Genesis 2:7). I realized that what upset me was not that geochemical processes created life from non-life that eventually formed 3.8 billion years ago-give or take. What really bothered me was the belief that it was impossible for such a thing to occur without some form of divine assistance. That somehow rocks were inert. It makes me wonder if people do not know what the incredible mingling of water and limestone do over millions of years to from glistening caverns of calcite. Read the rest of this entry »

So here’s a couple of articles about bacteria:

1) A reexamination of some microfossils seem to be giant baceria not animals.

2) How do we power things when oil is too expensive? Use bacteria of course. An indepth look at one lab’s work.

3) This looks at the microfauna of the gut and seems to indicate the types of bacteria in your gut determines the intake of nutrients and by extention how fat you are.