Stressing the Steroids in Skin: Paradox or Fine-Tuning?

The Fine-Tuning Argument

The Fine-Tuning Argument (FTA) is a variant of the Design Argument for the existence of God. In this paper the evidence of fine-tuning is explained and the Fine-Tuning Design Argument for God is presented. Then two objections are covered. The first objection is that fine-tuning can be explained in terms of the existence of multiple universes (the ‘multiverse’) plus the operation of the anthropi...

The prevention paradox or the inequality paradox?

In February this year, a new edition of Geoffrey Rose’s classical book Strategy of Preventive Medicine was published, with a commentary by Kay-Tee Khaw and Michael Marmot. The commentary summarizes the life and work of Geoffrey Rose, explains the main content and impact of the classical book and gives plenty of examples that illustrate the validity of Rose’s theses. Coincidentally, in the Febru...

The Fine-Tuning for Discoverability

Fine Tuning the Breeding Program

This paper was produced by: • George Foxcroft, Canada Research Chair in Swine Reproductive Physiology, and Swine Research & Technology Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta • Ana Ruiz-Sanchez, Susanna Town, Jody Barry, Emma Clowes, and Heather Willis, Swine Research & Technology Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta • Eduardo Beltranena, Murray Pettitt and Jenny Patterson,...

Fine-tuning the brain: MicroRNAs.

The brain is of bewildering complexity and numerous genes and signaling molecules have been described that affect the architecture and functioning of specific neuronal circuits. Recent evidence from genome analysis revealed the existence of a large group of novel RNA molecules with unexpected properties. One such group is called microRNAs, which are small 21-23 nucleotides RNA molecules that ar...