Tag: nucleus
Shall We Be Darwin’s Yes-Men?
Around 1970 Michael Denton was a young researcher at Kings College London, thinking about how mammalian red blood cells could become anucleate.
Doctor’s Diary: The Wonder of Your Body’s Genetic Instructions
Imagine the New York Public Library cutting every manual in half daily, or more often, and sending every month entire halves to a library in London.
The “Why” of the Fly “Y”: Reflections on “Junk” DNA
Let us give some thought to the Y chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster, that engaging fly which is the bond-servant of genetics.
The Hidden City
Picture a hidden city, that though it cannot be seen, is everywhere. Sound crazy? It’s real.
A Watch on a Heath — But What a Watch!
Recently I had the opportunity to see Prague’s famed astronomical clock, the oldest still-working astronomical clock in the world. It is truly phenomenal.