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Photo credit: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

For “Convergent Evolution,” Darwinists Offer Awkward Explanatory Tinkering

How clever of separate kingdoms of organisms to have figured all this out independently! Read More ›
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Photo: Rice seedling, roots, by Myrmux, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

How Roots Become Jackhammers

How do flimsy, tiny roots get through hard soil? A root tip hitting hardpan switches on a flurry of signals that get to work on anchorage and penetration. Read More ›
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Photo: A hawk's eye, by abrinsky via Flickr (cropped).

Paper Provides More Evidence that Mutations Aren’t Random

A news release from the University of Haifa pulls no punches about the implications. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Ramalho-Santos lab, via University of California, San Francisco.

As Research Advances, Debunking “Junk DNA” Is Almost Trendy

Why not treat the whole genome as functional? This is a radical concept, but perhaps the focus on genes distorts our understanding.  Read More ›
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Photo: A pea plant, by Rasbak (Own work) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Prairie Dogs “Talk”…and Plants “Hear” – More Reasons for Dumping Humankind’s Unique Place in Nature?

Plants respond to light, but they do not “see.” Read More ›
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Bicycle messenger, by Anneli Salo (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

No Mere Bike Messenger, RNA Code Surpassing DNA in Complexity

The concept of a “DNA Code” has a long pedigree in genetics. But what about the other nucleic acids? Read More ›

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