Retraction Watch: Erm, about that concerning peer review process. Elsevier also was the publisher of the equally risible book chapter claiming that COVID-19 came to earth on a meteorite.
Genetics
Another instance of fine-tuning in biology?
Fine-tuning in biology shouldn’t be surprising. Why should biology be different from the rest of the universe?
Jumping genes regulate the human brain’s development
Note: “these virus-like entities that have been remodeling our ancestral genome since the dawn of times,” says Didier Trono.” Right. We are told that many of the French have no use for lumpen-Darwinism. One can see why not.
The mystery of orphan genes
The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) offers a presentation on the genes that just appear from nowhere, orphan genes.
Researchers: Proofreading proteins prevent DNA errors
It’s not enough that DNA is a language but now it has proofreaders? Keep moving along, folks, no design to see here…
Has the genetic code for mammals gained another letter?
Or is it epigenetics? At Science: “But even if the discovery is confirmed, Peng says he is leery of calling the modified adenine an addition to the genetic code. ‘Maybe [part] of the ‘epigenetic code’ instead?'”
Devolution: The “surprising” gene costs of the carnivorous lifestyle to plants
Researchers: “To their surprise, the researchers discovered that the plants do not need a particularly large number of genes for carnivory. Instead, the three species studied are actually among the most gene-poor plants known. ” Yes, because – as Mike Behe says – Darwin Devolves.
Did Dan Brown’s hero stumble onto God?
Robert J. Marks and Oxford mathematician John Lennox discuss that in connection with Lennox’s new book, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity (2020).
Study: Enzymes act very specifically to control double-strand breaks
At ScienceDaily: “It’s like an engine mechanic who has a set of tools at his disposal,” Dr. Sung said. “The tool he uses depends on the issue that needs to be repaired. In like fashion, each DNA repair tool in our cells is designed to repair a distinctive type of break in our DNA.”
Is biology “hiding its deepest mysteries”?
Physics was “hiding its deepest mysteries” thousands of years ago too before anyone uncovered laws for how it works. There are still mysteries in physics, of course, but they are now more basic. The laws are now known. Let’s hope the same proves true for biology.
Genetic Entropy: Sal Cordova vs Ron Garret
We didn’t realize that people still took Dollo’s Law seriously.
The four percent human mouse? A classic in pop science
Preisser: Actually, this experiment runs counter to what one ought to expect if the evolutionary paradigm were actually true.
The Genetic Literacy Project confronts Darwin’s Descent of Man
And starts to acknowledge some harsh realities that most Darwinists drown in a word salad of obfuscation.
Deplorable words?: DNA is NOT the blueprint for life?
Remember the guy who showed us a CD of his genome and said this is me? Naw, we didn’t think so at the time either, but read on…
Another possible dinosaur DNA find, also surrounded by controversy
Some think it might just be bacterial DNA but, as Bailleul points out, how hard is it to tell bacterial genetic material from dino stuff?