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Image: Complex III from S. cerevisiae (PDB 6HU9), by Emily Reeves.

The Nanoscale Engineering of Complex III

If I put on my reverse-engineering hat, this enzyme looks like the work of a designer who deeply understood electrochemistry and quantum tunneling. Read More ›
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Glowing flagellar motor at the base of a bacterial flagellum visualizing the rotary motion and its energy source
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Can the Flagellum Get Any Better? Yes! Add Gears

The bacterial flagellum is more souped-up than even Michael Behe thought: it’s a gear-driven motor of motors! Read More ›
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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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Image credit: Mitochondriale_Elektronentransportkette.svg: Klaus Hoffmeierderivative work: Matt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›

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