Tag: DNA
Origin of Life and Information — Some Common Myths
A common attempt to overcome the need for information in the first cell is to equate information to a reduction in entropy.
The Origin of Life, Self-Organization, and Information
In an article here yesterday, I described the thermodynamic challenges to any purely materialistic theory for the origin of life.
Hat Grab: Cells Take Extreme Measures to Rescue Their DNA
There’s a famous scene in an Indiana Jones movie where the hero barely makes it under a closing gate descending on him in an underground tunnel.
Here’s How to Make a Difference in Evolution Education
At the national book launch for Zombie Science, Jonathan Wells and John West faced some great questions.
Molecular Machines Reach Perfection
Does anything in nature achieve perfection? Yes, say Japanese researchers looking at an amazing molecular machine in a “primitive” life form.
More on Octopus RNA Editing — A Problem for Neo-Darwinism
A friend asks if this phenomenon is an example of Lamarckism.
The Nylonase Story: The Information Enigma
New proteins had to come from somewhere. Susumu Ohno had an idea.
The Genome and Its “Junk” Landscape? Zombie Science Detonates an Evolutionary Icon
The idea that DNA should be full of evolutionary detritus has come under withering fire from a range of scientific research.
The Nylonase Story: How Unusual Is That?
Yesterday, I described how some biologists claim that the enzyme nylonase demonstrates that it is easy to get new functional proteins.
How Biochemist Keith Fox Thinks About Enzyme Origins…And Why He Should Think Again
Maybe he believes his goal of persuading non-scientists doesn’t call for the facts to be handled with the care his scientific colleagues expect.