NKOTB

So last night I had an interesting experience. As Harper and I sat on the couch flipping through the channels, I noticed that VH1 was broadcasting live from the New Kids On The Block concert in Boston (yep, they're back). Not wanting to miss the chance to share this cultural event with my daughter, we watched on. It was a rather surreal experience. I was sitting on the couch with my 7 month old daughter watching the New Kids. Totally weird...

Junk DNA

Currently, scientists have only been able to determine the function of approximately 5% of the DNA sequences in the human genome (or any other specie's genome for that matter). They call this part of the sequence coding DNA and they have discovered many amazing uses for it. The function of the other 95% of the sequence, affectionately called junk DNA,  has yet to be identified. Some people believe that this sequence ultimately has no function. However, there is mounting evidence to suggest that  junk DNA is indeed functional. We just haven't figured out how to break the code yet. Either way, it's interesting to think about why we would carry around so much non-coding DNA and what secretes of the universe could potentially be hiding there.