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metabolism

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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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The Mystery of Energy Metabolism

The energy problem overshadows it all. There’s a great sucking sound of ATP disappearing down the great Atlantic rift. Read More ›
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The Darwinian Regime Can’t Hide Emerging Clues to Life’s Design

When you live with an ideology long enough, it can take root in your mind and have a lasting effect. 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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Membrane Channels Show Astonishing Specificity

The “selectivity filters” in membrane channels of living cells are able to discriminate between very similar molecules or atoms using complex mechanisms. Read More ›

Omega-3 Nutrition Pioneer Tells How He Saw Irreducible Complexity in Cells 40 Years Ago

It wasn’t until Jorn Dyerberg encountered ID researchers like Michael Behe that he gave it that name. Read More ›
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A Suspicious Pattern of Deletions

Winston Ewert recently published a paper in BIO-Complexity suggesting that life is better explained by a dependency graph than by a phylogenetic tree. Read More ›
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From Micro to Macro Scales, Intelligent Design Is in the Details

From the molecular nanomachines within a tiny cell to the large-scale structure of the universe, design is everywhere to be found. Read More ›
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Nathan Lents Doesn’t Understand…Refrigeration

Lents studies rotting corpses and household plants. He might not know much about (living) human physiology. Read More ›
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Must Life Evolve?

In redefining life to make its origin easier to explain, origin-of-life researchers are now increasingly emphasizing the ability of life to evolve. Read More ›

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