Month: March 2015
Hey, "These Sequences May Not Be Junk, After All"! Nature and Heredity Report Function for Non-Coding DNA
When we look for function, we find it, and when we don’t look for function, someone else finds it.
Why Is the Universe Overwhelmingly "Inhospitable to Life"?
A reader asks for a response to the following challenge to the theory of intelligent design.
I, Robot — You "Pet Labrador"? More Wisdom from Elon Musk
Surely, on a scale of parental concerns, McDonald’s for lunch is nothing compared to getting exterminated by the cool logic of a future computer.
Revisionism About Kevorkian and His Purposes Won’t Stop
Time is the latest journalistic offender, with a piece looking back at the magazine’s historical stories.
Nature Credits Evolution for Biomimetics Revolution
Enviable designs in plants and animals are creating a gold rush for scientists and engineers — all thanks to evolution’s designing prowess, so we’re told.