Reasons to Believe

Junk DNA

  • The Human Genome: Useful and Beautiful

    “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” — William Morris

    The blogosphere is replete with advice for taming clutter and … more

  • ENCODED By Design

    Video Url: http://c450255.r55.cf2.rackcdn.com/encode.mp4

    Dr. Fuz Rana reports on phase 2 of the Encode project, biochemical research that he calls the most important of his lifetime. more

  • Anticipating the Future of Science and Faith

    The start of a new year provides opportunities to remember, but most of all it’s a time to look forward. What do we feel when we face the horizon of the future—hope or dread?

    Though the … more

  • Encode DNA Project May Revolutionize Biology

    Watch the video summary on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqcgM9cGxik You might have seen- NBC News, New DNA project shows us living beyond our genes, Sep 05, 2012; … more

  • Junk DNA: Human-Chimp Differences

    Science Daily, "'Junk DNA' Defines Differences Between Humans and Chimps" Oct 25, 2011; www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111025122615.htm more

  • Special Sequences in Pseudogenes

    NBCI.gov, "Export and stability of naturally intronless mRNAs require specific coding region sequences and the TREX mRNA export complex" Oct 18, 2011; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22010220 more

  • Hidden in Plain Sight

    I have a tendency to lose my reading glasses. Yet (with my husband’s help), I usually discover that they are in plain sight. Researchers may have felt like this recently when they discovered … more

  • Functional Pseudogenes Are Everywhere!

    Klondike Kat was a particular favorite. As a wildcat serving in the Canadian Mounties, Klondike Kat squared-off against his nemesis, a French-Canadian mouse named Savoir-Faire. After committing a … more

  • “Junk” DNA: An Outdated Concept, Part 6 (of 6)

    I started this article series by retelling an evolutionist’s claim that the existence of Alu elements in the human genome is proof of evolution. His hypothesis could be stated as follows: … more

  • “Junk” DNA: An Outdated Concept, Part 5 (of 6)

    For the last four weeks, this article series has detailed the junk DNA argument against intelligent design and shown why this argument no longer holds water. Last week, I focused exclusively on … more

  • Junk in the Evolutionary Trunk

    Why people are compelled to couple a hopeful word like “Spring” with a laborious task like “cleaning” I’ll never know. But alas, it’s time once again to hear that … more