Christians who believe the universe began billions of years ago often point to the Big Bang model to try and verify a creation-like beginning.¹ But a new origin of the universe model offers an "everlasting universe" and dismisses the whole idea of a Big Bang.²

A key type of rogue genetic data called orphan genes has just been spectacularly reported in honey bees.¹ Orphan genes conflict with ideas about genome evolution, and they are directly linked with the evolutionary enigma of phenotypic novelty, unique traits specific to a single type of creature.