Tag: DNA
Beneficial Borgs Have Landed
Borg theory represents a major paradigm shift about how genetic information is stored and shared.
Got These Bad Habits? Blame Neanderthals!
Neanderthal man, long extinct as a separate human group, now explains why we smoke and drink to excess…
Armed Forces in the Cell Keep DNA Healthy
Science reporters struggle for metaphors to describe the complex operations they see going on in the cell.
Darwinian Racism, Past and Present
John West discusses his experience visiting the Museum of Criminal Anthropology in Turin, Italy, and Cesare Lombroso’s racist ideas about evolution.
Why AlphaFold Has Not Solved the Protein-Folding Problem
The online database AlphaFold represents an amazing breakthrough by any measure of the word “breakthrough.”