Tag: molecular biology
Meeting Phil Johnson at Berkeley
As a biology graduate student, I had seen first-hand some of the alleged evidence for the “fact” of common descent.
Help a Scientist Be a Hero
Our laws are made through a democratic process. These scientists are upset that democracy doesn’t empower scientists to dictate public policy.
Foresight in Single Cells
There are things going on in cells that make sense only if a designing intelligence saw a need and planned for it in advance.
“Junk DNA” Suffers a Blow as Nature Papers Find “Global Function” for Introns in Budding Yeast
All of this calls to mind a comment from biologist John Mattick, a critic of the junk DNA paradigm.
Biologist Nathan Lents: Beauty in Error
He has a different take on imperfection, one more optimistic than one might expect from someone who writes about what’s wrong with us.