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Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, H. Nayyeri, L. Marchetti, J. Lowenthal.

A “Quantum Miracle” that Leads to Life

To eventually form stars, planets, and life, neutral atoms are a definite prerequisite. Read More ›
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Image credit: Edgar Degas, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Life Is the Most Unnatural Thing in the Universe

Matter is moved by matter, and to a lesser extent, by light. Let’s look into that assertion from the point of view of physics. Read More ›
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Appreciating the Molecular Detail of ATP Synthase

Here, I wish to highlight this animation, again narrated by Harvard’s Professor Robert Lue. Read More ›
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Image credit: Fvasconcellos 22:35, 9 September 2007 (UTC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Watch: Animation Reveals the Intricacies of the Electron Transport Chain

In short, the electron transport chain involves the flow of electrons through a respiratory chain. Read More ›
bacterial flagellum
Image credit: Illustra Media.

Popular YouTube Science Educator Professes “Emotional” Response to “Amazing” Flagellum

In the video, engineer Destin Sandlin explains how he became captivated after watching an online animation of the bacterial flagellum. Read More ›
Periodic_table_HMNS
Photo credit: Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Remarkable Carbon Atom

This is another one of many countless features of our universe that have to be “just right” for life — in particular, advanced life — to exist. Read More ›
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Image credit: Granville Sewell.

How the Supernatural Entered Science

I recently came across a nice little video which seems to prove that π = 0. Each step seems reasonable. Read More ›
globular cluster NGC
Photo: Globular cluster NGC 6544, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Lewin, F. R. Ferraro.

Intelligence Is Unnatural, and Why That Matters

One of the advantages we have in our study of nature is our ability to observe an entire “unpolluted” universe. Read More ›
The Sun
Photo: The Sun, by NASA/SDO (AIA) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Thank God for Quantum Mechanics

An example of how quantum effects permit life as we know it operates in the nuclear furnace of the Sun. Read More ›
Martin Luther King
Photo: Martin Luther King, 1963, via Wikimedia Commons.

Martin Luther King on Intelligent Design

The era of great men and great women, with majestic and original visions, seems to be in the past. I struggle to think of a giant alive today. Can you? Read More ›

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