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Understanding the Biochemistry — and Intelligent Design — of Muscle Contraction

Muscle contraction, which we so easily take for granted, is an incredibly complex and elegant process. Read More ›
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Energy Harnessing and Blind Faith in Natural Selection

The latest animated video from Long Story Short explains the complex requirements for energy harnessing in life. Read More ›
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High Energy: Long Story Short Addresses “Energy Harnessing” and Life’s Origin

Everyone knows that maintaining life requires energy, but most do not appreciate the intricate steps required to harness it. Read More ›
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Origin of Life without Intelligent Design? Long Story Short Tackles the “Energy Harnessing” Problem

“Life’s energy harnessing process is one big paradox. You need it before you can have it, and you can’t make it until you’ve already made it." Read More ›
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The Ultimate Recycler

Right now, within your bodies this little engine is cranking away. Without this machine, oxygen-dependent life could not exist. Read More ›
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Making Predictions Against Design

From back when I was a sophomore taking biochemistry, one particular event stands out in my memory, perhaps because it was such an odd thing. Read More ›
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Design for ATP Extends Beyond the Rotary Engine

New discoveries explore the astonishing efficiency of the cell’s rotary engine ATP synthase, and describe new roles for other motors that deliver ATP. Read More ›
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Protein Folding and the Four Horsemen of the Axocalypse

A recent series of critiques, published by the online journal Sapientia, was aimed at Doug Axe’s book, Undeniable. Read More ›
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Awesome Nanomachines Keep You Functioning

More details of the exquisite machines that maintain us in life have come to light. Read More ›

Free Energy and the Origin of Life: Natural Engines to the Rescue

A fundamental hurdle facing all origin-of-life theories is the fact that the first cell must have had a free energy far greater than its chemical precursors. Read More ›

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