Tag: genes
Origin of Life Is Not Reducible to Physics
This continues an evaluation of a proposal that treats natural selection as a law of physics that is applicable to the entire universe.
Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry
The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat.
More Fishy Tales Afoot from Neil Shubin
Tiktaalik discoverer Neil Shubin from the University of Chicago searches for genetic clues between fish fins and tetrapod toes.
The Miracle of Spiderwebs
Spiders are another of nature’s master engineers. About half of known spider species (order Araneae) construct webs made of silk.
New Studies Reveal the Exquisite Designs of the Nucleus and its DNA
You may have heard that all the DNA in your body, if stretched out, could reach to the Sun and back more than 70 times.