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Bronchiolar_epithelium_3_-_SEM
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Cilium and Intraflagellar Transport: More Irreducibly Complex than Ever

Another of Michael Behe’s molecular machines gets an update. The details are even more fascinating than originally described. Read More ›
Zinc
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Do Proteins Lack Metals, Reflecting Poor Design?

According to Erika DeBenedictis, “one of the big limitations of biology are the basic building blocks themselves.” Read More ›
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Zip It: How Cells Repair Leaking Membranes

Membrane repair would have been necessary for the existence of the first cell. By what miracles did it arise? Read More ›
cancer cells
Photo: Cancer cells, by National Cancer Institute.

Is the INK4a/ARF Overlap a Settled Example of Poor Design?

Dr. DeBenedictis’s basic argument is that there is a section of the human genome where two genes overlap, both of which are important for suppressing tumors. Read More ›
chicken embryo
embryonic development
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Optimality Recognized in Core Biological Infrastructure

I will begin with an example from embryology, then turn to metabolism, and finish with the breadth of chemical space covered by the natural amino acids. Read More ›
tree and a man
tree and a man
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Credulity Is the Soil for Darwin’s Tree

The secret is to restrict one’s explanations for life to unguided natural events. Once that decision has been made, everything else flows deductively from it. Read More ›
James Tour
origin of life
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James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Assembly of Cellular Components

I suspect this challenge will not be widely heeded. Studying these issues will lead researchers toward a conclusion they simply are not willing to accept. Read More ›
MOLO RNA world
Image credit: Brian Gage.

James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Properly Combining Building Blocks

Any progress toward life would be lost if a fully functional cell did not emerge within a reasonably short period of time. Read More ›
golf
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James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Synthesis of the Building Blocks

"The analogy that comes to mind is a golfer, who having played a ball through an 18-hole course, assumed the ball could also play the course in his absence." Read More ›
DNA
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DNA Storage Goes Biological

DNA is already known to be an ideal storage medium. Why not use cells to do the hard work? Read More ›

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