Tag: amino acids
James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Synthesis of the Building Blocks
“The analogy that comes to mind is a golfer, who having played a ball through an 18-hole course, assumed the ball could also play the course in his absence.”
DNA Storage Goes Biological
DNA is already known to be an ideal storage medium. Why not use cells to do the hard work?
Missing the Point: Codes Are Not Products of Physics (Updated)
Elaborate schemes to explain the origin of the genetic code from the laws of physics and chemistry miss the whole point about codes.
Intelligent Design Mugs? We’ve Got Them
For our biochemistry geeks, one mug contains both the periodic table of elements and a DNA-amino acids codon wheel.
Plastic-Eating Microbes — “Rapid Evolution” May Not Be Darwinian at All
Environmental scientists warn frequently that the world is drowning in plastic. Here is some unexpected good news.