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Grand Prismatic Spring
epigenetics
Photo: Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, by Brocken Inaglory [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL].

Genetics and Epigenetics — New Problems for Darwinism

Scientists watched microbes inherit extreme acid resistance in Yellowstone hot springs not through genetics, but through epigenetics. Read More ›
Waptia
Photo: Waptia fieldensis, by Verisimilus at English Wikipedia [GFDL, CC BY 2.5, CC BY 2.5, GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

#7 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Thousands of New Genes Needed for the Origin of Animals

This is nothing short of a spectacular vindication of Stephen Meyer’s perspective in Darwin's Doubt. Read More ›
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human exceptionalism
Photo: Eileen Crist, via YouTube.

Science Article Castigates “Human Supremacy”

Environmentalism is growing darkly anti-human. That misanthropy has also seeped into science. Read More ›
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Photo credit: McKay Savage [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

China Turns Against “Rogue” Gene Engineer

Engaging in biotechnological and other medical research in China can free one from normal ethical concerns. Read More ›
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Cambrian-Aged Ediacaran Organism Reconfirms Explosiveness of the Cambrian Explosion

For the first time it has been discovered that an organism from the Precambrian Ediacaran fauna may have survived into the Cambrian period. Read More ›
Junk DNA

Princeton Researchers Watch “Junk DNA” at Work

In “real time” they show the function of an enhancer in switching a gene from off to on. 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 credit: Greta Keenan, Francis Crick Institute, via EurekAlert!

An Intimate Reminder About What “Was Once Thought to Be Unnecessary ‘Junk’ DNA”

“Male mice grow ovaries instead of testes if they are missing a small region of DNA that doesn’t contain any genes,” reports the Francis Crick Institute. Read More ›
Waptia
Photo: Waptia fieldensis, by Verisimilus at English Wikipedia [GFDL, CC BY 2.5, CC BY 2.5, GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Groundbreaking Paper Shows Thousands of New Genes Needed for the Origin of Animals

This is nothing short of a spectacular vindication of Stephen Meyer’s perspective in Darwin's Doubt. Read More ›

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