Tag: organelles

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ageing, biowaste, cancer, cells, Darwinism, dendritic cells, disasters, disposal services, DNA, DNA-Protein Crosslinks, electron transport chain, Erika Causa, evolution, Immune System, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, lipids, Mark Fransen, Michael Behe, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nature Immunology, neurodegeneration, Nucleic Acids Research, organelles, Patricia Reis-Rodriguez, proteins, reactive oxygen species, topoisomerase, University of Cambridge, University of Strathclyde}

With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

_{David Coppedge
August 4, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

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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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 3, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, active transport, amino acid residues, cells, endoplasmic reticulum, hammer, Immune System, intelligent design, ion channels, lysosomes, macrophages, membranes, mitochondria, organelles, peroxisomes, 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

8}

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

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aeon, Casey Luskin, cells, Charudatta Navare, Google, hierarchy, metaphors, Monty Python, mutual aid, nurturing, organelles, Politics, socialism, violence}

The Cell as an “Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 1, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Dr. Navare, a science writer and an enthusiast of Feminist Science Studies, plausibly makes a scientific case against seeing the cell as a hierarchical entity. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aeon, amoeba, biological systems, biology textbooks, cell biology, Charudatta Navare, church, college, computers, cytoplasm, Denis Noble, developmental biologists, egg cell, embryo, eukaryotic cell, factory, feminism, genes, human technology, humanities, humans, ideology, information, intelligent design, machines, Marcello Barbieri, metaphors, mutual aid, nucleus, organelles, post-modernism}

Aeon: “The Cell Is Not a Factory” — It’s Far More Complex

_{Casey Luskin
April 1, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

11}

Viewing the cell’s nucleus as keeping a “collaborative notebook” implies record-keeping to maintain order and to act toward a purpose. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Caltech, cell biology, cells, condensates, DNA, droplets, endoplasmic reticulum, eukaryotes, evolution, intelligent design, membrane lipids, membranes, mitochondria, molecular biology, molecular machines, organelles, paradigm shift, peroxisomes, PLOS Biology, proteins, speckles, TIM, tom, transfer RNA, tRNA}

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

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2024

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

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 ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 2, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Chemical Society, apoptosis, centrioles, checkpoints, chromosomes, conservation, DNA, error correction, evolution, genetic information, histones, intelligent design, Johns Hopkins University, junk DNA, mitosis, Northeastern University, organelles, RNA, Rube Goldberg device, University of Basel, zebras}

In Life, Checkpoints and Error Correction Defy Darwinian Explanations

_{David Coppedge
August 2, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Living cells employ forward-thinking and backward-thinking strategies. Both strategies require planning outside the immediate situation. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, ATP synthase, biomass, carbon, chloroplasts, coccolithophores, Current Biology, diatoms, dinoflagellates, endosomes, eukaryotic cells, evolution, intelligent design, life, molecular machines, oceans, organelles, photosynthesis, phytoplankton, Rubisco}

How the “Other” ATP Synthase Saves the Planet

_{David Coppedge
July 10, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

A lesser-known rotary engine within cells is responsible for a substantial portion of gases and nutrients that sustain the biosphere. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, actin filaments, Allen Institute for Brain Science, animation, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, bone cells, butterfly, cells, chrysalis, digestive system, erythrocytes, function, Golgi apparatus, Helmholtz Association, hot springs, Illustra Media, intelligent design, interphase, lysosomes, Metamorphosis, Michael Behe, mitosis, muscle cells, Nature (journal), neurons, Nevada, nuclear envelope, nucleolus, organelles, Seattle, Secrets of the Cell, shape}

Model Cell Visualized as a Compact Factory

_{David Coppedge
May 30, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

11}

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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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, autophagy, Berlin, cell biology, communication, Darwinism, endoplasmic reticulum, endosome, evolution, fatty acids, genius, intelligent design, Lord Kelvin, Maria Clara Zanellati, mitochondria, Neil Thomas, organelles, Sarah Cohen, Science (journal), starvation, University of North Carolina, Your Designed Body}

Engineering Language Enters Biology — The Case of the Endosome

_{David Coppedge
March 21, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

7}

An automated engineering system presupposes a designer with foresight and a mind that understands how to make things work. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 9, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromosomes, convergence, convergent evolution, electromagnetic waves, evolution, evolutionary plasticity, eye, intelligent design, light, light-sensitive spot, Living Waters, Nature (journal), New Scientist, optics, organelles, plankton, University of British Columbia}

Convergence? One-Celled Creature Has an Eye!

_{David Coppedge
March 9, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

“Convergent evolution” is not a process. It is a post-hoc observation based on evolutionary assumptions. Read More ›