23Mar 2026 by Post

The Information Enigma and Gratuitous Beauty: In Theaters on April 30

bacteria, beauty, biologists, bit string, cellular life, Charles Darwin, cosmos, David Berlinski, digital information, DNA, Eric Esau, Faith & Science, Fathom Entertainment, fine-tuning, Francis Crick, genetics, human interference, Intelligent Design, James Watson, laboratory equipment, living cell, mid-century modern, Miracle, molecular machines, New York Times, origin of life, philosophers, proteins, Rice University, Richard Sternberg, scientific discoveries, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theaters, tickets, Timothy McGrew, truth, universe, wonder, __featured2
It's intelligent design as you've never seen it before. Find inspiration, and share it with friends and family. Source
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22Feb 2026 by Post

Fascinating Hypothesis from Weinstein: Repetitive “Junk” DNA Stores Integer Variables

biological processes, Bret Weinstein, chromosomes, Discovery Institute, DNA, embryonic development, ERVs, evo-devo, Evolution, evolutionary biology, function, gene expression, genes, genetics, genome, integer variables, Intelligent Design, Joe Rogan, Jonathan McLatchie, Junk DNA, microsatellites, repetitive DNA, Richard Sternberg, supporters, telomeres, variables
This opens up a world of potential functions for repetitive DNA that open-minded scientists can consider. Source
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16Feb 2026 by Post

Supposed Fusion Site Contains Expressed Genes, Likely Influences Neural Development

Australopithecus, bonobos, Cell Genomics, cell's, chimps, Chromosomal Fusion, chromosomes, Evolution, functional advantage, fusion site, genes, genetics, genome, gorillas, human chromosomal fusion, human chromosome 2, Human Origins and Anthropology, human tissues, humans, incomplete lineage sorting, neural development, phylogenetic conflicts, phylogenetic incongruity, phylogenetic tree, phylogeny, speciation, transcription
Human chromosomal fusion has often been cited as strong evidence supporting human-ape common ancestry. It’s not. Source
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04Feb 2026 by Post

On Evolution, Here Is What We Can Believe with High Confidence

adenine, biochemists, biology, E. coli, Evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fitness, fossil record, gene, gene transcription, genes, genetics, genotype, homology, information, James Tour, lactose, Michael Behe, natural selection, promoter, random mutations, regulatory control, researchers, Rice University, S. cerevisiae, tryptophan, W303, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series), yeast, YouTube videos
In a pair of YouTube videos, Rice University chemist James Tour and I reviewed more than ten recent studies of experimental evolution. Source
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28Jan 2026 by Post

Could Genetic Mutations Be Non-Random? New Evidence for Mutational Bias

Africa, African sleeping sickness, APOL1, Daniel Melamed, diseases, Engineering, Evolution, genes, genetic mutations, genetics, genomes, germline genome, haploid, heterozygotes, HindIII, homozygotes, Intelligent Design, Israel, malaria, MEMDS, mutation DNA, Mutation Enrichment followed by Maximum Depth Sequencing, mutation frequency, mutations, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, randomness, restriction enzyme, sperm, sperm DNA, Trypanosoma brucei, University of Haifa, wild-type DNA
The researchers examined the emergence of a mutation in the human APOL1 gene that confers protection from African sleeping sickness. Source
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10Dec 2025 by Post

The Eclipse of the Organism: No Longer Biology’s Central Interest

animals, Ascaris megalocephala, bar code, Cenorhabditis elegans, Chemistry, chimpanzees, chromosome number, chromosomes, Cruciferae, DNA, donkeys, Drosophila, Evolution, ferns, fruit flies, genes, genetics, homunculus, humans, idiogram, Junk DNA, Lego blocks, Ninth Symphony, nucleotides, Ophioglossum petiolatum, Parthenon, physics, plants, proteins, roundworm, Salvador Dalì, wheat, zebras
Organisms have disappeared below the horizon. In many papers on DNA the organism is barely mentioned. Source
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14Nov 2025 by Post

The Neanderthal Story Keeps Evolving (Even if Nothing Else Does)

arithmetic, DNA, egg cells, footprints, genetics, Homo sapiens, Human Origins and Anthropology, James Woodford, modern humans, Monte Clérigo, Neanderthals, New Scientist, obstetrics, paleontology, Patrick Eppenberger, PIEZO1, population disparities, sperm, stillbirths, Switzerland, University of Seville, University of Zurich
The University of Seville announces that Neanderthal footprints found along Portugal’s Algarve coast have led to unexpected insights about Neanderthal culture. Source
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11Nov 2025 by Post

For Good or Evil: The Contradictory Legacy of James D. Watson

Africa, animals, atheists, cellular operations, Christie’s, codes, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, digital code, DNA, double helix, Evolution, faith, Francis Crick, genes, genetic isolation, genetics, history, Human Zoos, humans beings, information, intelligence, Intelligent Design, intelligent designer, James D. Watson, John West, language, Maurice Wilkins, nihilism, Nobel Prize, Plato's Revenge, Race, Racism, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, sequence hypothesis, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Information Enigma, theism
Let’s hope that whoever writes the future history of science will, like the bidder for that Nobel medal, be merciful to him. Source
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03Nov 2025 by Post

A Fake Headline, and a Real One, About DNA

Advanced Science, amino acids, bases, BioEssays, biologists, Chemistry, chromosomes, DNA, domains, exons, gene transcripts, genetics, genome function, genome regulation, geometric code, geometry, Intelligent Design, introns, James Tour, Junk DNA, meteorite, non-B DNA, OSIRIS-REx, packing, packing domains, structural shape, topologically associating domains, Yahoo News
Did you get that? “Cake,” I believe, is supposed to mean life. So obviously on earth we have cake. Source
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