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Dazzling Acts in the Cell Circus

If life didn’t depend on these acts by cellular organelles and molecules, we would consider them death-defying performances in the greatest show on earth. Read More ›
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Enzymes Are Essential for Life; Did They Evolve?

Darwinian evolution, even in its 21st-century form, fails the formidable task of explaining how the first enzyme arose. 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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Updating the Drake Equation

The Drake equation is simply the product of a set of factors, estimating the number of active, technologically advanced, communicating civilizations in our galaxy. Read More ›
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New Geochemical Discoveries Reaffirm Earth as a Privileged Planet

Remember CHONPS — the acronym you learned in high school to remember the elements most important for life? Read More ›
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Image: "How to Build a Cell," from Origin: Design, Chance, and the First Life on Earth, courtesy of Illustra Media.

The Wonder of Water at the Nanoscale

More detail has come out on the fascinating role of water in cellular dynamics, touched on by Denton in his book, The Wonder of Water. Read More ›
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Photo: Library shelves after an earthquake, by San José Public Library, via Flickr.

The Origin of Life: Correcting Common Mistakes on Thermodynamics

The driving tendencies in nature on the early Earth would have been analogous to seismic tremors rearranging the books in the library. Read More ›
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Illustration: From "Kinesin: The Workhorse of the Cell," via Discovery Institute.

Awesome Nanomachines Keep You Functioning

More details of the exquisite machines that maintain us in life have come to light. Read More ›
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Hailed as the “Next Darwin,” MIT’s Jeremy England Sheds Little Light on Life’s Origins

England’s research is focused on the wrong question. Origin-of-life theories are not helped by identifying processes that efficiently dissipate energy. Read More ›

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