Tag: biology
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.”
Denis Noble in Nature: “Time to Admit Genes Are Not the Blueprint For Life”
In his review, Noble comes right out and says that “Classic views of evolution should also be questioned.”
Fruit Fly Eyes and More Surprises for Darwin
Don’t swat too quickly! There’s more awe in that little fly than might be apparent from a cursory glance.
Bad News for the “Theist on the Street”
On Rope Kojonen’s model, she no longer has grounds to trust her common-sense intuition of the design of the eagle’s eye.
Darwin’s Bluff: Peeling Back the Myth
Tucked away in Darwin’s surviving papers is a manuscript of almost 300,000 words that he continually promised to others but never completed or published.