Tag: DNA
Aliens in the Garbage
Some people — whether they would put it in so many words or not — believe that certain types of answers are simply off-limits in a scientific inquiry.
Orgelian Specified Complexity
I have presented Orgel’s account of specified complexity so readers can decide which they prefer, Orgel’s or the one described in this series.
Getting It Together: Tethers, Handshakes, and Multitaskers in the Cell
Running a cell requires coordination. How do molecules moving in the dark interior of a cell know how and when to connect? Protein tethers offer new clues.
Burials Reveal Prehistoric Cultures Valued Children with Down Syndrome
We’ve all probably heard from one pundit or another that prehistoric humans discarded children with disabilities, just as animals might.
With One Short Rule, Philip Ball Explains Why “Junk DNA” May Be a Placeholder for Ignorance
Here is Ball’s proposed rule for molecular biologists: “stop assuming,” he writes, “we know which parts of DNA matter and which don’t.”