What is a wasp even for? What is junk DNA for?

tl;dr this is not a post about wasps, it’s about junk DNA, and that asking ‘what is a thing for?’ is often an unhelpful question What is a wasp for? What is the purpose of a wasp? I hope that scientists (and others) find the answer straightforward – a wasp isn’t for anything. It is…

Junk DNA deniers and Darwin Day

Is it is logically possible to accept the science of evolutionary biology and still deny the existence of junk DNA? I’m not sure. It is OK (though unfortunate) to be a biologist who is wrong in their assessment of an evolutionary topic. This is not a rejection of the mechanisms and rationale of evolution in…