May 9 2014Save5/9/14News Of Junk DNA's Death Has Been Greatly ExaggeratedGeorge Dvorsky18SaveThe term "junk DNA" has been under attack lately, but a pair of geneticists are now making the case for this much…
May 19 2013Save5/19/13Carnivorous plant doesn't have time for any of that junk DNAAlasdair Wilkins33SaveIn the human genome, only about 2% of our DNA are genes involved in coding the proteins essential to our existence.…
Oct 25 2011Save10/25/11The difference between humans and chimps is all in the junk DNAAlasdair Wilkins24SaveHumans and chimpanzees share up to 99% of the same DNA, which is particularly remarkable considering we don't look…
Sep 19 2011Save9/19/11Oldest known DNA fragment is over a billion years oldAlasdair Wilkins25SaveThere's one tiny fragment of DNA that pretty much all vertebrates and invertebrates share. It's the only piece of…