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The Stop Lights in the Cell

Even a cell needs laws and enforcers. When the enforcers don’t do their jobs, crime increases in cities and in cells. Read More ›
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Molecular Machine Safari

Take a tour of molecular machines working in the cell and see what new things scientists have found out about them. Read More ›
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Photo: "Ribosome Sculptures," New York Hall of Science, Ryan Somma via Flickr (cropped).

A Tweet Representing the Core Challenge We Face

Christian Landry is the Principal Investigator of a lab at Laval University in Quebec, doing really interesting work on cellular networks. Read More ›
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In New Research, RNA Takes Center Stage

DNA has long been considered the “master molecule” in genetics, but its erstwhile servant, RNA, is gaining increased recognition for its many essential functions. Read More ›
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Image credit: Caulobacter crescentus, by University of Basel, Swiss Nanoscience Institute/Biozentrum, via EurekAlert!

More Hints of Order in the Genome

Genomics has come a long way since the central dogma and junk DNA. If you expect to find reasons for things, you often do find them. Read More ›
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Photo: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, by Mogana Das Murtey and Patchamuthu Ramasamy, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

As Predicted by Intelligent Design, “Junk” Introns Are Actually Functional

ID proponents have long predicted that functions would be uncovered for such non-coding DNA. Read More ›
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Image: NPCs (nuclear pore complex), from Origin: Design, Chance and the First Life on Earth, courtesy of Illustra Media.

How the Nucleus Guards Its Gates

Details of the nuclear pore complex, one of the largest and most complex protein systems in the cell, come into sharper focus as a team watches how it validates a messenger RNA. Read More ›
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More on Alien Octopi: New Paper Admits Failure of Evolution to Explain Life

The complexity and sophistication of life cannot originate from non-biological matter under any scenario, over any expanse of space and time, however vast. Read More ›
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Internet of Cells: The Next Revolution?

Cells are connected in surprising ways that molecular biologists are just now beginning to understand. Read More ›

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