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Epigenome Is Biology’s Second Revolution

Thomas Woodward compares the epigenetic system to a supercomputer where information is written everywhere — on the hardware, the screen, and even the keys. Read More ›
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20,000 Bots Under the Sea: A Fantastic Voyage into the Cell

Imagine you have been invited to a futuristic discovery center, a facility that has pioneered the ability to shrink people and objects many orders of magnitude. Read More ›
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Epigenetics and the Architect: New Book Unveils Design at Biology’s Frontier

Much of the information employed to build biological form is situated in epigenetic architecture beyond the reach of random genetic mutations. Read More ›
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Real Star of the World Cup: The Human Foot

In few sports, perhaps, does the foot stand out more. Emily Reeves offers an appreciation. Read More ›
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Bee-ing There: Innovative Behavior by Bees

The design of organisms that have sufficient brain complexity and that produce these goal-directed behaviors requires an intelligent agent. Read More ›
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When Bumblebees Cheat at Games

Perhaps the most significant aspect of the findings is in light of the fact that the bumblebee has only about one million neurons (humans have 86 billion). Read More ›
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We Have Liftoff: Genius Engineering Solutions in Muscle

The very act of generating force creates a formidable engineering challenge. How is this problem solved? Read More ›
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Cosmos and Life: Everything Points to a Paradigm Shift

Why would most people avoid drinking stagnant water from a puddle or a swamp? Probably not for fear of ingesting some dissolved salts or minerals. Read More ›
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Bad Synteny Arguments Claim “No Functional Reason” for Genomic Arrangements

To skip to the punchline, Kuebler says that "species as distantly related as humans and mice share a huge array of synteny blocks." Read More ›
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“Peptideins”? Give Those Shorties Another Look

Picture short, lonely bachelors in rented formal wear, leaning on the wall, nervously checking their watches at the annotation dance. Read More ›

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