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Multi-color Marine Rope that has tied off a sail boat in dry dock
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Photo: Nylon rope © dallaspaparazzo -- stock.adobe.com.

The Nylonase Story: The Information Enigma

New proteins had to come from somewhere. Susumu Ohno had an idea. Read More ›
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Zombie Science

Zombie Science: “The Story’s Got to Be True, No Matter What”

Of all the new icons that Jonathan Wells discusses, including cancer, the appendix, and walking whales, my sentimental favorite must be the human tail. Read More ›
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genetic information
Photo: Brown bear, by Robert F. Tobler (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Two Genetic Blows Against Darwinian Speciation

Animals have different ways of sharing information without having to invent it by mistake. Read More ›
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octopus
Photo: California two-spot octopus, by Tom Kleindinst via Marine Biological Laboratory.

Octopus Genetic Editing — Animals Defy Their Own Neo-Darwinism

Some stunning upsets in conventional thinking about evolution have hit the news in rapid succession. Read More ›
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RNA
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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Photo: Denis Noble, courtesy of Denis Noble [Copyrighted free use], via Wikimedia Commons.

Oxford’s Denis Noble Advocates “Fundamental Revision” in “Reductionist…Neo-Darwinism”

Meanwhile fake science news assures us that evolutionary thinking is established as firmly as the Pillars of Hercules. Read More ›
Denisova Cave
ancient DNA
Tourists contemplate Denisova Cave, Siberia, by ЧуваевНиколай at ru.wikipedia [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Research on Ancient DNA Could Test Predictions of Non-Darwinian Speciation Models

Independent groups of researchers (e.g., Hössjer et al. 2016), more or less skeptical of common ancestry, have suggested the alternative model of initial heterozygotic diversity. Read More ›

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