Tag: Research
An Intimate Reminder About What “Was Once Thought to Be Unnecessary ‘Junk’ DNA”
“Male mice grow ovaries instead of testes if they are missing a small region of DNA that doesn’t contain any genes,” reports the Francis Crick Institute.
More Information Found in DNA: The Shape Code
Researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands made “a remarkable discovery” about a protein named Polycomb that binds to DNA.
Which Scientists Get to Have Free Speech?
Does the “scientific consensus” mean that only scientists who follow the majority are entitled to have their say?
New Discovery Institute Center to Explore Threat, Promise, Limits of AI; Seattle Launch on July 11
The Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence will focus on the profound concerns stirred by the mystery of minds.
Protein Folds Violate Evolutionary Expectations
Protein folds show more flexibility than previously thought, but the flexibility appears designed. If it’s hard to get one fold to work, how about two in the same protein?