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Thursday, September 1, 2022

#68. A Tripartite Genetic Code [genetics]

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GE Red, theory ; black, fact The filamentous alga  Cladophora . There are three genetic codes, not one. Conventional thinking holds that th...
Thursday, June 9, 2022

#67. Extended Theory of Mind [evolution]

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EV Red, theory; black, fact Where is human evolution going at the moment? That is a good question. Let’s look around, then. I am writing th...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

#66. How Enhancers May Work [biochemistry]

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  CH Red, theory ;  black, fact Background on Enhancers Enhancers are stretches of DNA that, when activated by second messengers like cyclic...
Monday, September 13, 2021

#65. Why There is Sex [evolution, genetics]

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EV   GE Red, theory ; black, fact The flower Coronilla varia L. Sex as an evolvability adaptation There are always two games in town: rep...
Sunday, July 25, 2021

#64. The Checkered Universe [physics]

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  PH Red, theory ; black, fact The basic theoretical vision This is a theory of everything (TOE) based on a foam model. The foam is made up...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

#63. How Noncoding RNA May Work [chemistry]

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  CH Red, theory ; black, fact Back, DNA; red, long noncoding RNA; green, transcription complex. A loop closes through an RNA running from ...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

#62. Storming South [evolution, evolutionary psychology]

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EP     EV R ed, theory;  black, fact This is a theory of the final stages of human evolution, when the large brain expansion occurred. H. sa...