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Photo: A sample of RNA, by Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

RNA as Cells’ “Text Messaging” System

Some researchers wonder if RNA can be understood as a common language that can be read among cells of widely different life forms. Read More ›
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Photo: Copper alloy arrowheads from the Bronze Age, Leicestershire, England, by The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Discovery of Metals — A Double-Edged Sword

Why should the melting points of common metals be attainable in furnaces heated by burning carbon-based organic matter? Read More ›
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Why Michael Shermer’s “Case for Scientific Humanism” Fails

Shermer tries to rewrite history by insisting that science is built on atheistic assumptions. Read More ›
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Terrified of a Robopocalypse? Don’t Be

Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking are scared about AI and the prospect of a “Terminator” future. But the U.S. military isn’t. Read More ›

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