Tag: ENCODE
For Beauty, Pleasure, and More, Intelligent Design Expects Non-Essential Genes
In past years, papers have tried to identify the subset of all genes in a genome that are essential for viability.
Cinderella Story? Transposons Gain New Respect
Junk DNA has been getting redress for decades of ignominy. Now, retrotransposons and transposable elements may be next in line for a better reputation.
Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2021: An ID Prediction for CRISPR Gene Editing
From an design perspective, there is no compelling reason to think that CRISPR gene editing will constitute an enhancement tool for building superior humans.
The Tragedy of Francis Collins’s Model for Science-Faith Integration
The depiction of Francis Collins as someone who has developed a good model for integrating faith and science is in many respects a tragic myth.
Recalling Francis Collins’s The Language of God
President Bill Clinton announced, in a speech Collins helped to write, “we are learning the language in which God created life.”