Tag: paradigm shift
The New Post-Junk-DNA Paradigm of Molecular Biology: RNA Genes
RNA genes have many functions but a large proportion entail gene regulation-related functions that fall within the category of epigenetics.
Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Ten “Anomalies” that Contradict the Junk DNA Paradigm
John Mattick uses the language of historian of science Thomas Kuhn to predict that we are witnessing a “paradigm shift” away from the concept of junk DNA.
Newly Published Paper in BioEssays Recognizes Kuhnian “Paradigm Shift” Against Junk DNA
A new theory “emerges first in the mind of one or a few individuals” but then it spreads because the field faces “crisis-provoking problems.”
Can Science Escape Faith-Based Beliefs? Maybe It Needs Them!
“There is no way to venture into the unknown without this guiding light, and that light comes from a source that is not completely known.”
Can the Quantum Realm Explain Reality?
If we can uncover the smallest quantum particles in nature, will we have uncovered the fundamental secrets of reality?