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light dimmer
Photo credit: A light dimmer, by Betsssssy, via Flickr (cropped).

Former “Junk DNA,” STRs Found to Be “Rheostats” that “Precisely Regulate Gene Expression”

Rheostats are “often used as power control devices, for example to control light intensity (dimmer), speed of motors, heaters, and ovens.” Read More ›
human yolk sac
Photo credit: Ed Uthman, via Flickr (cropped).

Another “Vestigial” Organ Turns Out to Have “Absolutely Critical” Functions: The Human Yolk Sac

Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations. Read More ›
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Image: Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger / Public domain.

New Article in Science Boosts Plausibility of a Primordial Pair

These new developments underscore the fact that there is no room for dogmatism about claims concerning the smallest population size of humans. Read More ›
black box
Image credit: Zaeem Nawaz, via Unsplash.

Introducing the Unknome, Biology’s Black Box

Biology is becoming overwhelmed by new vistas of dynamic complexity. Attempts to get a handle on this complexity has ushered in the era of Omics. Read More ›
Burgess Shale
Photo: Burgess Shale, by Mark A. Wilson (Wilson44691) (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster).[1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

From Bad to Worse for Darwinism, as New Cambrian Explosion Finds Arrive

Less time and more complexity are compressed into an impossible challenge for evolution. Read More ›
Hallucigenia
Image: Hallucigenia, by Scorpion451, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

In Resolving Darwin’s Doubt, These Cambrian Fossils Are No Help

This is hierarchical organization, none of which is seen in the Precambrian layers beneath. Read More ›
Megasiphon thylakos
Photo: Megasiphon thylakos holotype, after Fig. 2 in Nanglu et al. 2023, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Fossil Tunicate Confirms Cambrian Explosion

Almost on a monthly basis new fossil evidence corroborates the abruptness of the Cambrian Explosion as a genuine "Big Bang" of life. Read More ›
clathrin cage
Photo: Clathrin cage, by Mazuraan, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Cell Vesicles Wear Sophisticated Coats, Defying Unguided Evolutionary Explanations

These coats, and the accessory proteins that build them, attach them to vesicles, and disassemble them, exhibit irreducible complexity. Read More ›
cheetah
Photo: Forged fossil cheetah skull, Wang 2013, fair use.

Fossil Friday: The Supposed Oldest Cheetah Was Yet Another Fraud

Even before the publication, the Chinese scientists Deng Tao and Qiu Zhanxiang had revealed the skull to be a crude forgery. Read More ›
Charles Darwin statue
Charles Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin statute at the Natural History Museum, by Alan Perestrello, via Flickr (cropped).

Repair Trust in Science? In Science Magazine, Forrest Mims Replies

Charles Darwin is an example of a brilliant scientist who was nonetheless an imperfect human with some false ideas. Read More ›

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