Category: Life Sciences
Bees Can Switch Roles Epigenetically
For the first time, scientists have witnessed a behavioral change via epigenetic markers, with no change to the genes themselves.
How Does a Flagellum Know How Long to Grow?
How does a flagellum know when to stop growing? The short answer is, we don’t know. The clues so far available point to sophisticated feedback controls for these outboard motors and other organelles in the cell.
On the Origin of Protein Folds
A common objection to the theory of intelligent design is that it makes no testable predictions.
What Chaperone Proteins Know
Proteins are used to make proteins, so if we assume a purely naturalistic origin of life, where did the first proteins come from?
Junk No More: ENCODE Project Nature Paper Finds “Biochemical Functions for 80% of the Genome”
A stunning vindication of intelligent design’s prediction that the genome, far from being cluttered with functionless garbage, will turn out to have mass functionality.