With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

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Fire departments and rescue operations don’t just appear from nowhere. They require foresight to save entities from trouble. Cells know that.  Source
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No. 9 Story of 2024: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

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The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Source
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Forbidden Question: Common Descent or Common Design?

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Think of cars. A Tesla and a Cadillac share many features — but of course, none of that means that Teslas blindly evolved from Cadillacs, or vice versa. Source
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