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acid mine drainage
Photo: Acid mine drainage, a home for archaea, by Jakec, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Elephant in the Science Lab

I have been seeking to describe the science of purpose. Now it is worth getting down to the basics of what science actually is and how it works. Read More ›
Thalassiosira pseudonana
Photo: Thalassiosira pseudonana, by Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Diatoms and the Mystery of Morphogenesis

From code to art: how does a linear set of instructions result in a beautifully crafted pattern? Diatoms do it, and scientists are struggling to figure out how. Read More ›
Arabidopsis thaliana
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 ›
Archaeopteryx
Photo: Archaeopteryx, by H. Raab (User: Vesta), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Educating “Professor Dave” on the Fossil Record and Genetics

Farina says that if you want to make “creationists’ head explode” you just have to mention that reptile scales and bird feathers are made of the same keratin. Read More ›
computer
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Dialogue with ChatGPT on Intelligent Design

ChatGPT is a context-dependent natural language generator that tries to respond relevantly to textual prompts from human users to simulate conversation. Read More ›
hand in mirror 2
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Same-Handed Molecules Are an “Overarching Design Principle” in Life, Say Researchers

Without foresight to solve heterochiral incidents, a primordial cell would quickly perish even if, against all odds, it began homochiral.  Read More ›
Protein
Image credit: E A S, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Orphan Proteins Spell Trouble for AlphaFold 2

Proteins are indispensable molecular biological workhorses that come in thousands of different shapes and sizes. Read More ›
Hexokinase
Image: Hexokinase, an enzyme; the original uploader was TimVickers at English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Powerful Protein-Folding Algorithm AlphaFold Foiled by Singletons

We now know that biological information involves far more than just an organism’s proteome. Read More ›
DNA
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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 ›
Carl Linnaeus
Image: Carl Linnaeus, by Alexander Roslin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Revising the Linnaean System: Where to Locate Viruses? And the Problem with Mitochondria

The venue for a remarkable call for government censorship of science was a peer-reviewed biology journal. Read More ›

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