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Sporulation: Another Example of a Transcriptional Hierarchy

Examples like this suggest the existence of a master-architect behind biological systems. Read More ›
Bacillus subtilis
Image: Bacillus subtilis, identified by Bapteste and his co-authors as a possible age-distorter, by WMrapids, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Eric Bapteste on External Genetic Change In “Age-Distorters”

Species are surrounded by other species (often sharing the same body), and therefore may interfere with one another’s fitness. Read More ›
Human immunodeficiency virus 1
Image: Human immunodeficiency virus 1, identified by Bapteste and his co-authors as a possible age-distorter, by C. Goldsmith. Content Providers: CDC/ C. Goldsmith, P. Feorino, E. L. Palmer, W. R. McManus, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Examining Sources of Genetic Change

Eric Bapteste, a researcher at Sorbonne University, just co-authored a review discussing genetic change in the context of aging. Read More ›
hydrothermal vents
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Nature Article Admits Unanswered Origin-of-Life Questions, Exposing Broken Promises of ID Critics

In 2016, physicist Lawrence Krauss promised, “We’re coming very close” to explaining the origin of life via chemical evolutionary models. Read More ›
Earth

A Panicked Scientist, a Privileged Planet

Our planet’s view of the sun is critical to life, obviously, but equally critical is that it’s a shielded view. Read More ›
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An Extraterrestrial Spin on the RNA World

The authors argue that RNA molecules appeared in warm little ponds more than 4.17 billion years ago, transported by “meteorites and interplanetary dust particles." Read More ›

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