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Photo: Arabidopsis thaliana, © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 2.5.

Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2022: “Non-Random” Mutations

The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection. Read More ›
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Is Information the Future of Biology and Medicine?

University of Washington’s Georg Seelig wants to “design molecules” and “write genetic information.” Read More ›
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Epigenetics Directs Genetics — And That’s a Problem for Darwinism

The ability to sequence genomes was a great accomplishment. But there is something over and above genes. Read More ›
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Got These Bad Habits? Blame Neanderthals!

Neanderthal man, long extinct as a separate human group, now explains why we smoke and drink to excess… Read More ›
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Beyond Genes: Biologists Seek Purpose in Unknown Substances, Processes

There’s more going on in DNA and cells than the old Central Dogma predicted. The time has come to look beyond genes. Read More ›
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How Octopuses Got So Smart? “Junk DNA”

Jumping genes used to be dismissed as junk DNA which in turn was held to be slam-dunk evidence for unguided evolutionary processes. Read More ›
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Image: Topoisomerase II, by Discovery Institute.

Topoisomerase Origins Defy Darwinian Explanations

A review of the topoisomerase family of molecular machines that repair DNA ignores where they came from. Another article tries but has no answers. Read More ›
Neutrophils
Photo: Neutrophils, by Dr Graham Beards, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Cell Fate: Another Hurdle for Evolution

When a stem cell divides, one daughter cell must maintain its stemness while the other specializes. Therein lies another truckload of requirements. Read More ›
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The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Genetics

Functionality for junk DNA is prevalent, and was successfully predicted by intelligent design.  Read More ›
hawk eye
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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