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The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle: An Irreducibly Complex System

Any system that achieves a complex higher-level objective by means of various well-matched interacting components requires foresight to come about. Read More ›
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Astounding: The Role of Motor Proteins in Cell Division

A crucial aspect of mitosis is the movement of chromosomes — initially the alignment of as paired sister chromatids during prometaphase and metaphase. Read More ›
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Allostery: How Cells Do Remote Control

Cells have perfected action at a distance: not by magic, but by control of distant sites through carefully arranged functional intermediates. Read More ›
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Journal Prints “Intelligent Design”! But…

The phrase “intelligent design” is almost verboten in today’s science journals. Watch how an evolutionist got away with it — with the journal’s blessing. Read More ›
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Chemical Affinity, Motor Proteins: Good Questions from a Reader

About the movement of organelles: There are molecular motor proteins that haul them around! Read More ›
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3.7.2018--Fashion Promos 2018-- Photos by Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photos

Researchers Find that in Cells, Trains Run on Time

Man-made railways can’t come close to the efficiency and flexibility of those at work inside your body right now. Read More ›
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Comb jelly Phylum Ctenophora

Embracing Uncertainty: Evolution’s Latest Dodge

Faced with conflicting genetic evidence, Darwinians reach for a new “uncertainty principle” borrowed from physics. Read More ›
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Molecular Machines Use Physics to Do Mechanical Work

Recent findings show cellular machinery using pushes, pulls, and even electrical forces to accomplish physical work. Read More ›

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