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Biological Codes, and More: Evolutionists Scramble for an Adequate Cause

Much of the information essential to cellular function isn’t editable via random genetic mutations in DNA and is thus inaccessible to the Darwinian mechanism. Read More ›
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Aboard a Submarine to Explore a Living Cell

What if you could climb aboard an incredible shrinking submarine and travel into the heart of a living cell? This would be a tour like no other, to be sure! Read More ›
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The Zygote Code and Other Mysteries

As development progresses, each cell is directed to unique use of its DNA files by the epigenetic system, which sits above the DNA. Read More ›
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Anatomical structure of animal cell
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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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New Book: Epigenome Is the Genome’s Sophisticated Dance Partner

The book was published yesterday and is already Amazon's #1 bestseller in genetics. 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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Digital illustration of a dna
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Paper in Cell Reports “Paradigm Shift” Against TEs as “Genomic Parasites or Junk DNA”

This language is remarkable coming from a journal often considered the third most important in the world for biology. Read More ›
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A dna structure design with glowing particles.
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More Functions Reported for Repeat “Junk” DNA

Papers note that repetitive DNA — the type of DNA that our junk-DNA-defending friends assure us must be functionless — is vital for forming G4 structures. Read More ›
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Garbage Goodbye: In Blow to Junk RNA, “Majority” of Transcription Not “Background Noise”

A 2026 paper reports on an AI trained on genomic data, including data from a 2024 paper, enabling it to predict when transcription would be initiated. Read More ›

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