Tag: base pairs

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 9, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Paleontology
Science Reporting
Technology
Tagged
, base pairs, biotech, Canis lupus, clicks, Colossal Biosciences, de-extinction, dire wolves, DNA editing, elephant, fur, gene editing, gray wolves, headlines, media, New Scientist, puffery, Rolling Stone, woolly mammoth}

Dire Wolves Are Still Extinct

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 9, 2025

Archaeology, Paleontology, Science Reporting, Technology

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Let’s call it puffery. The company was careful to acknowledge that the dire wolf is not actually back but that the pups are “functional equivalents.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 27, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, base pairs, bioRxiv, early Earth, Elizabeth Pennisi, evolution, GENCODE, genes, genetic code, genome, Hospital for Sick Children, human body, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, junk DNA, Miller-Urey experiment, mRNA, proteins, Research, RNA, Science (journal), transcripts, University of Arizona, University of Würzburg}

Dark Proteome Information Content Skyrockets

_{David Coppedge
January 27, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There could be a five-fold increase in the number of proteins coded in what was formerly called non-protein-coding DNA. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, bacteria, base pairs, circadian clock, clocks, Darwinism, England, evolution, genes, intelligent design, John Innes Centre, Leiden University, natural selection, Norwich, prokaryotes, regulation, Science Advances, The Blind Watchmaker, The Conversation, University of Vienna, William Paley}

“Astonishing” Clocks Found in Bacteria

_{David Coppedge
October 10, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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How could evolution bestow accurate timepieces on the simplest, most primitive life forms? It sounds like something William Paley would expect. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
September 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, base pairs, Bayesian reasoning, BioCosmos, causal circularity, DNA, first life, intelligent design, Jack Szostak, likelihood ratio, mutations, naturalistic philosophy, proteins, replication fidelity, ribonucleotides, ribozymes, RNA, RNA world, self-replication, Sy Garte, teleology}

First Life Must Have Had a Minimally Reliable Replication System — A Conundrum for Materialists

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 14, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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On a design-based view, it is not particularly surprising that the first life would be finely optimized to reduce copying errors. Read More ›