Tag: mitochondria

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
April 13, 2026

Categories
Biology
Origin of Life
Tagged
, aliens, amnesia, Andy Weir, astrophage, ATP, computer programmers, Daniel Pemberton, Drew Goddard, Eridians, Eva Stratt, eyes, Goldilocks Zone, hearing, Hollywood, intelligence, James Ortiz, life-forms, microphone, mitochondria, mutations, organelles, origin of life, panspermia, parasites, Powers of Ten, Project Hail Mary, puppeteering, Richard Dawkins, RNA, Rocky, Ryan Gosling, Ryland Grace, science fiction, sonar, space pods, stars, survival of the fittest, The Martian, The Story of Everything, transcription, water}

Project Hail Mary Can’t Outrun the God Hypothesis

_{Bethel McGrew
April 13, 2026

Biology, Origin of Life

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How could something with a structure this complicated have evolved twice? Ryland Grace thinks it couldn’t have. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
March 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 3D spatial organization, active matter, Aristotle, biology, cargo recognition, cascades, cells, condensates, cycles, cytoplasm, Darwin's Black Box, dissipative systems, DNA transcription, droplets, electrolytes, endoplasmic reticulum, Energy, enzyme activity, function, goal-directedness, Golgi bodies, Ilya Prigogine, intentionality, intracellular landscape, living systems, lysosomes, machines, macromolecules, matter, mechanism, medical school, Michael Behe, mitochondria, molecular biology, molecular grammar, naturalism, neo-Darwinian evolution, nucleus, organisms, physics, Riccardo Babic, scaffolding, Science and Culture Today, signaling cascades, St. Thomas Aquinas, structure, TCA cycle, telos, tornadoes, Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Velcro, whirlpools}

Active Matter: How Function Determines Structure

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
March 18, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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As always, the approach of naturalism is to reduce the complexity of natural phenomena to basic physical laws. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 6, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aerobic lifestyle, Alphaproteobacteria, Arctic Ocean, Asgard, Asgard archaea, cell division, cells, cytokinesis, electron transport chain complex, ESCRT-III division, eukaryotes, eukaryotic signature proteins, FtsZ proteins, hydrogenases, hydrothermal vent, Loki’s Castle, Lokiarchaeota, mitochondria, mitosis, Nature (journal), Norse deities, Odinarcheota, polymerization, synthesis, Thorarchaeota}

Do the Asgard Archaea Hold the Keys to Eukaryotic Origins?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 6, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In 2015, a new superphylum of archaea was reported, having been discovered through metagenomic sequences of sediments. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cancer, cells, Darwinism, DNA, electron transport chain, evolution, Immune System, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, lipids, Michael Behe, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nucleic Acids Research, organelles, proteins, reactive oxygen species, topoisomerase, University of Cambridge}

With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

_{David Coppedge
August 4, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Fire departments and rescue operations don’t just appear from nowhere. They require foresight to save entities from trouble. Cells know that. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 15, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, blueprint, chromosomes, cohesins, condensins, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, DNA, electrostatics, EMBO Journal, error catastrophe, genome, gravity, Hurricanes, mitochondria, mitosis, mutations, physical laws, Plato's Revenge, proteome, respiration, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), tornadoes}

A Cell Makes “Decisions” — But if It’s Following a Material Blueprint, How Does It Do That?

_{David Coppedge
April 15, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Watching cells under a microscope, we sense familiarity with their challenges when they face puzzles. How is this possible if their nature is strictly physical? Read More ›

african american new born baby hand holding mom finger on white bed

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
September 13, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, apoptosis, cell death, cells, cytochrome c, digits, embryonic development, evolutionary mechanisms, feet, foresight, hands, injury, mitochondria, proteins, sculptor, signals}

The Formation of Our Digits Points to a Process with Foresight

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 13, 2024

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Our digits are sculpted from a paddle-like structure in the embryo through the process of apoptosis. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, biosphere, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon-based life, ecosystem, elegance, Freeman Dyson, George Wald, glaciers, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, Linus Pauling, metabolism, mitochondria, nitrogen, nucleus, ocean, oxygen, parsimony, The Fitness of the Environment, The Wonder of Water, water}

Supreme Elegance: The Fine-Tuning of the Properties of Matter for Life on Earth

_{Michael Denton
August 6, 2024

Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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In the biochemical domain, nature is indeed, as Isaac Newton rightly claimed, “pleased with simplicity” and abhors “superfluous causes.” Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
June 26, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, cells, circular causality, complex specified information, DNA, DNA repair, DNA replication, enzymes, evolution, information, intelligent design, Long Story Short, metabolism, mitochondria, Mycoplasma mycoides, nucleotides, proteins, protocells, radiation, Ribosome, RNA}

Video: Life Can’t Exist Without Repair Mechanisms, and That’s a Problem for Origin-of-Life Theories

_{Rob Stadler
June 26, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Following the replication of DNA, a daily barrage of DNA damage occurs during normal operating conditions. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 25, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, common ancestry, common design, evolution, evolutionary theory, genetic code, genomes, green algae, intelligent design, mitochondria, mutations, phylogeny, Winston Ewert}

New Paper Argues that Variant Genetic Codes Are Best Explained by Common Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 25, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A popular argument for a universal common ancestor is the near-universality of the conventional genetic code. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 3, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, cells, endoplasmic reticulum, hammer, Immune System, intelligent design, ion channels, lysosomes, macrophages, membranes, mitochondria, organelles, physiology, Quartz, Science (journal), Science Advances, tissue, touch, Yale University}

Sense of Touch Is More Finely Tuned than We Thought

_{David Coppedge
April 3, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Like machines that deliver goods or open doors at the push of a button, mechanosensitive channels respond on contact. Read More ›