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New Paper Examines How the Complexity of Glycan Structures Points to Intelligent Design

"This is, of course, important in order for a kidney cell to be and function as a kidney cell, a nerve cell to function as a nerve cell, and so forth." Read More ›
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Photo: Clathrin cage, by Mazuraan, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Cell Vesicles Wear Sophisticated Coats, Defying Unguided Evolutionary Explanations

These coats, and the accessory proteins that build them, attach them to vesicles, and disassemble them, exhibit irreducible complexity. Read More ›
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Model Cell Visualized as a Compact Factory

Capturing the interior parts of a cell in their complex relationships took a lot of work, but some researchers have set a new high bar for biophysical imaging. Read More ›
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Photo: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, by Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility, Dartmouth College, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Biochemical Icon of Intelligent Design, ATP Synthase Does More than Spin

As super-resolution imaging improves, the world’s smallest rotary motor continues to amaze. Read More ›
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The Hidden City

Picture a hidden city, that though it cannot be seen, is everywhere. Sound crazy? It’s real. Read More ›
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Modern Software and Biological Organisms: Object-Oriented Design

Let’s consider the eye, which is but one of many subsystems (along with the brain, heart, liver, lungs, etc.) in higher animals that coordinate their tasks to keep an organism alive. Read More ›
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Human nervous system isolated 3D hologram.
Image Credit: Игорь Розводовский - Adobe Stock

The Neuromuscular System: Your Body’s Balancing Act

Let's look at some of the ways the body acquires the information it needs about its external and internal environment. Read More ›

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