Junk?
How little we know!
Scientist David Comings was the one who applied the term “junk DNA” to all DNA that did not code for any protein (or even RNA). About 98% of all human DNA is, thereby, “junk.”
Said Francis Crick, one of the co-discoverers of DNA:
Junk DNA has little specificity and conveys little or no selective advantage to the organism.”
Clearly, the term ”junk DNA” is based on a strong a priori assumption of non-functionality. Some biologists have recommended
Grace!
Norman Rockwell painted an iconic cover for the Saturday Evening Post (November 24, 1951) called “Saying Grace.” (It was auctioned a few years ago for $41 million!)
The picture shows a young boy and an older woman in a diner, heads bowed, saying grace before their meal. Other patrons, smoking and reading the newspaper, appear to be curious about that “strange” ritual. One might have thought that that “strangeness” has only increased in the intervening 71 years.
Team?
There was a story several years ago of a professional ice-skater hiring thugs to incapacitate a competitor. Remember that? Well, this is worse.
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Féminine is a French women’s soccer club based in Paris, competing in the Division 1 Féminine, the top division of French soccer. PSG confirmed the other day that star Aminata Diallo was in police custody. For what, you ask?
This lady hired hit men to attack teammate 31-year-old fellow soccer star Kheira
Coat?
You’d better wear a white coat. If you are a doctor, that is.
So claim researchers from Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland School of Medicine in “Public Perceptions of Physician Attire and Professionalism in the US,” published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
They wanted to figure out if there was a difference in the perception of patients between casual and formal attire donned by doctors. Some specialties, especially the surgical
Biblical Foundations Podcast
I was interviewed some time ago on Biblical Foundations Podcast by my friend, Dr. Andreas Köstenberger of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Here’s our conversation on hermeneutics and preaching (in two parts):
Abe Kuruvilla is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), and a dermatologist in private practice. His passion is to explore, explain, and exemplify preaching.