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Photo: Rice seedling, roots, by Myrmux, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

How Roots Become Jackhammers

How do flimsy, tiny roots get through hard soil? A root tip hitting hardpan switches on a flurry of signals that get to work on anchorage and penetration. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NIAID, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Peer-Reviewed Paper Applies Systems Engineering to Bacterial Chemotaxis

The article further demonstrates how only a design-based framework yields significant insight into the higher-level organization of biological systems. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NOAA.

The Phosphorus Cycle: Cause or Effect?

Phosphorus, oxygen, and microbes cooperate in a delicate balance that sustains our productive biosphere. How did they come to interact? Read More ›
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Photo: Asteroid Ryugu, by Stuart Rankin, via Flickr (cropped).

Uracil Discovered on Asteroid Ryugu — What Does It Mean for the Origin of Life?

These Ryugu samples appear to be our first chance to examine which organic compounds may be produced in a prebiotic setting in our solar system. Read More ›
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Jim Tour Unmasks Steve Benner’s Double Standard and Inaccurate Commentary on the Origin of Life

If Benner assessed his experiments by the same standard he applied to others, he would have acknowledged that his attempts have yielded nothing of value. Read More ›
ATP Synthase
Image: A scene from "Molecular Machines — ATP Synthase: The Power Plant of the Cell," via Discovery Institute.

ATP Synthase Gets Smarter

Two new papers reveal fine-tuning in the assembly of ATP synthase rotary motors and in its operation under ATP hydrolysis. 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 Origin of Life: Dangers of Taking Research Claims at Face Value

All simulations that purport to be breakthroughs in origins problems follow the same pattern. Read More ›

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