Tag: DNA
Protein Folding Breakthrough: Evolution or Design?
DeepMind, the AI company that beat human Go gamers with AlphaGo, has made progress in solving the protein folding problem. But who deserves the credit?
Origin of Life: Jeremy England’s Search for a Natural Explanation
If I had written this book, I would have concluded with a final chapter that began with a verse from the book of Genesis.
Excerpt: Letter to the Journal of Chemical Education
Unlike philosophy journals — or high school newspapers — many science journals are unwilling to publish responses by people attacked in their pages.
Preview: James Tour, Brian Miller on the Origin of “Data Risk Management” in DNA
If computer scientists build systems like that, and life at the DNA level also incorporates them, for the very same reasons, that’s rather suggestive.
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.