Tag: Research
Waste Not: Research Finds that “Far from Junk DNA,” ERVs Perform “Critical Cellular Functions”
A pair of new articles in Nature Genetics acknowledge just how widespread ERV and retrotransposon functionality is.
Listen: Dissent from Darwin List Tops 1,000 — Now the Scientists Weigh In
Robert Crowther explores why some scientists are willing to risk their research and careers to voice their skepticism of evolutionary theory.
Listen: Gauger on the Limits of Evolutionary Optimization
Biologist Ann Gauger explains how she and Douglas Axe tested popular hypotheses for protein origins.
Stifling the Intelligent Design Debate Is Bad Science
Kevin Williamson deploys an absurd reductionist construct of the ID field as consisting of ideological assertions by “lawyers” and “amateurs.”
Is Biology Approaching the Threshold of Design Acceptance?
A recent biology paper inches up to the edge of design advocacy, without using the phrase “intelligent design.”