Category: Life Sciences
A Knotty Puzzle
Until fairly recently, scientists believed that folded proteins could be unfolded into a simple polypeptide chain by tugging on one end.
Do Biological Clocks Revive William Paley’s Design Argument?
Ongoing discoveries bring to light mechanisms in living cells that not only keep time, but do it more elegantly than anything man has invented.
RNA Export Is Like Basketball, Only Better
Imagine playing basketball blindfolded, but having an assistant pull the ball through the net when you get close. Now you have an idea how messenger RNA molecules make it out of the nucleus.
If Humans Write Genetic Code, Is It Intelligent Design?
Scientists are starting to use DNA to write computer code. They fancy themselves as designers of a system. What does this imply about the natural genetic code?
Hitchens Answers a Good Question: What’s the “Best Argument You Come Up Against from the Other Side?”
A candid response from an honest man, though note he doesn’t have any suggestion as to how the problem he identifies might be solved.