Do babies show a sense of altruism – and what does that mean anyway?
New Large Hadron Collider data may show that Standard Model of physics is incomplete?
Trying to put precise dates to the greatest-ever extinction – the Permian
David Tyler: Rodents evolve – but does the evidence suggest phenotypic plasticity?
DNA as Digital Technology
Which Bible thumping ID nutbag wrote the following: There is a sense, therefore, in which the three-dimensional coiled shape of a protein is determined by the one-dimensional sequence of code symbols in the DNA…. The whole translation, from strictly sequential DNA ROM [read-only memory] to precisely invariant three-dimensional protein shape, is a remarkable feat of digital information technology.
Featured comment at The Scientist: Epigenetics not as crazy as it appears?
Ron Paul, who announced he didn’t believe in evolution, won’t rule out third party US prez run
“Seismic” new paper on quantum mechanics?
The Finely Tuned Genetic Code
Francis Crick regarded the genetic code found in nature as a “frozen accident.” Yet more and more it is looking to be the case that this code is exquisitely finely tuned — with features suggesting it is indeed one in a million. Therefore ought not purposive or intelligent design be regarded as a legitimate inference, as the best explanation for how the code came into existence? Click here to continue reading>>>