The (bad) luck of the draw; more evidence

A while back, Vogelstein and Tomasetti (V-T) published a paper in  Science  in which it was argued that most cancers cannot be attributed ...

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Watch Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Develop Over Time

Watch this powerful time-lapse  video demonstrating the development of antibiotic resistance in E. coli bacteria over time. E. coli star...

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Darwin the Newtonian. Part II. Is life really 'Newtonian'?

I n yesterday's  post  I suggested that Darwin had a Newtonian view of the world, that is, he repeatedly and clearly described the organ...

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If mutations can go viral, adaptationism is less annoying.

Feb. 9, 2016: I have edited the paragraph beginning with "Exciting..." to remove details of mutation rates because my initial post...

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Food-Fight Alert!! Is cancer bad luck or environment? Part I: the basic issues

N ot long ago Vogelstein and Tomasetti stirred the pot by suggesting that most cancer was due to the bad luck of inherent mutational events...

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Imagine no mutation.

Imagine no mutation. I wonder if you can. No means for new variation. A creationist's view of Man. Imagine all the people learning it th...

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BCKDK mutations and autism continued?

February 19th 2014 (yesterday). Questioning Answers celebrates 3 years of life as a blog . Happy birthday. To quote from one website : ...

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