Category: Science
The Onion Test Is a Red Herring
Why onion cells have five times as much DNA as human cells is an interesting question.
Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One Before: Much Ado over “Oldest Human Fossil”
It’s very hard to use this little jaw fragment of poor quality to demonstrate a clear link with just about anything.
You Shall Be as Gods: The Rise of the Digital Maoists
Bloomberg Markets carries the headline “Google Wants You to Live Forever.”
More on Junk DNA and the "Onion Test"
There may be some very good reasons for onions to have large genomes.
Finally, a Detailed, Stepwise Proposal for a Major Evolutionary Change?
A reader asks about an essay by Nick Matzke on the evolution of the flagellum.