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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
September 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, brainstem, cell membrane, cells, chemicals, death, diffusion, evolutionary biologists, extraterrestrial life, Günter Bechly, hospice, information, just-so stories, molecular machines, neurons, proteins, sodium, Steve Laufmann, The Wonder of Water, water, Your Designed Body}

Water Is a Problem, and Your Body Has an Ingenious Solution

_{Howard Glicksman
September 17, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The sodium-potassium pump is an innovation that allows your cells to combat the forces of nature and in doing so, prevents disaster. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 16, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, AlphaFold, antibiotics, ATP synthase, biophysicists, Brownian motion, Caltech, cells, cytoplasm, Duke University, Eric Hedin, intrinsically disordered proteins, kinesin, Maxwell’s demon, MIT, molecular machines, nucleus, proteins, Robert Shedinger, The Scientist, Washington University}

Embrace the Chaos: How Cells Harness Disorder for Function

_{David Coppedge
September 16, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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In three classes of examples, cells are shown to manipulate chaotic forces toward functional purposes. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 29, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, adaptability, engineers, flexibility, information flow, molecular machines, neurons, PNAS, proteins, Science (journal), Singapore, squirrels}

Wrap Your Mind Around the Synapse — Just Try

_{David Coppedge
August 29, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The method neurons use to transfer signals seems like a kludge. But it works astonishingly fast and efficiently. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, arrival of the fittest, automobile, Darwinian evolution, de novo genes, evolution, François Jacob, genes, intelligent design, molecular machines, predictions, William A. Dembski, Zeitgeist}

The Junk Shop of Andreas Wagner

_{Daniel Witt
June 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The fundamental dilemma is this: whenever you co-opt any part from an old system and put it in a new system, there are two possibilities. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 4, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agnostics, Ann Gauger, atheism, David Berlinski, faith and science, God's Grandeur, Günter Bechly, Jews, kinesin, molecular machines, Muslims, Philip Ball, proteins, Protestants, Robert Shedinger, Roman Catholic, Thomas Nagel}

Ann Gauger on EWTN, and Intelligent Design’s Universality

_{David Klinghoffer
June 4, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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I find this openness and lack of dogmatism uplifting, and an indicator that ID is trying to follow the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, ATP hydrolysis, cell division, centrosomes, chromatids, chromosomes, Discovery Institute, dynein, irreducibly complex systems, kinesin, mitosis, mitotic cell division, mitotic spindle, molecular machines, molecular motor, phosphorylation, spindle}

Astounding: The Role of Motor Proteins in Cell Division

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 8, 2024

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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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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Date
March 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biochemists, biologists, Eric Anderson, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Science (journal), Secrets of the Cell}

Michael Behe: A Mousetrap for Darwin

_{Science & Culture
March 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The Lehigh University biochemist answers misconceptions about irreducible complexity, and responds to the claim that “molecular machines” is a misnomer. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP hydrolysis, bacteriophages, DNA, DNA polymerase, DNA replication, Drew Berry, E. coli, early Earth, evolution, helicase, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, molecular machines, nanotechnology, naturalism, nucleotides, Oxford University Press, proteins, RNA, RNA world, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, topoisomerase}

The DNA Replisome: A Paradigm of Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 21, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One can hardly appeal to natural selection to account for the origins of DNA replication without assuming the existence of the thing one seeks to explain. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Darwin’s Bluff, evolution, Foresight (book), Howard Hughes Medical Institute, infection, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kinesin, molecular machines, Mother Nature, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Robert Shedinger, viruses, Yale University}

Newly Discovered War Machines in the Immune System

_{David Coppedge
March 14, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A newly discovered defense against pathogens involves armor and bullets that render an attacker immobile and self-destructing. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, cell biology, cells, DNA, endoplasmic reticulum, eukaryotes, evolution, intelligent design, membranes, mitochondria, molecular biology, molecular machines, organelles, paradigm shift, PLOS Biology, proteins, transfer RNA, tRNA}

Getting It Together: Tethers, Handshakes, and Multitaskers in the Cell

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2024

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Running a cell requires coordination. How do molecules moving in the dark interior of a cell know how and when to connect? Protein tethers offer new clues. Read More ›