Tag: RNA
Nobelist Thomas Cech on “Junk RNA”
We can add this prominent biochemist to the ever-growing list of scientists who reject the “junk DNA” paradigm. Or, more pertinently, the junk RNA paradigm.
Could This Be the Year’s Most Ridiculous Idea About How Life Originated?
Stories like this always want to tell us how Earth and life are not “special.” It’s an obsession with science writers, and seemingly with the folks at NASA too.
Dark Proteome Information Content Skyrockets
There could be a five-fold increase in the number of proteins coded in what was formerly called non-protein-coding DNA.
What’s the Big Deal About the Human Brain?
None of the features identified by neuroscientists explain why humans think about things that other animal life forms don’t.
RNA as Cells’ “Text Messaging” System
Some researchers wonder if RNA can be understood as a common language that can be read among cells of widely different life forms.