Epigenetics and the Arts Lover

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Here is yet another clue about how we are both spiritual and physical beings. The two realms are connected in mysterious and remarkable ways. Source
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To Crowdsource DNA, or Not to Crowdsource DNA: A Microbe’s Decision Pathway

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These are the same type of understandable and logical computation circuits that humans design. What can we learn from observing this similarity? Source
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Stuart Burgess Overturns the Claim that the ACL Is Poorly Designed

ACL, Alex Bezzerides, atheists, bioengineering, biology, durability, Engineering, engineers, Evolution, Evolution Gone Wrong, flexibility, human knee, Intelligent Design, joints, Nathan Lents, range of motion, Sports, stress, Stuart Burgess, The Human Evolution Blog, tissues
The explanation for ACL injuries is not poor design. Burgess noted in my interview with him that ACL tears were far less frequent in past centuries. Source
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