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Photo: A humpback whale, by Whit Welles Wwelles14 / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0).

Human Engineers Can’t Top These Biological Intelligent Designs

In labs around the world, scientists are fascinated by living designs. Here are just a few examples of what is being reported on a weekly basis. Read More ›
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Electroactive Bacteria: A “Mind-Blowing” Case of Intelligent Design

Somehow, G. sulfurreducens  “know” how to assemble molecules in their pili in an exact sequential and functional order. Read More ›
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Image credit: Illustra Media, from Origin:  Design, Chance and the First Life on Earth.

Membrane Channels Show Astonishing Specificity

The “selectivity filters” in membrane channels of living cells are able to discriminate between very similar molecules or atoms using complex mechanisms. Read More ›

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