Tag: architecture
Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma
Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.”
How the Nucleus Guards Its Gates
Details of the nuclear pore complex, one of the largest and most complex protein systems in the cell, come into sharper focus as a team watches how it validates a messenger RNA.
Subcellular Map of the Human Proteome Reveals “Highly Complex Architecture”
The degree of regulation and control required for this system is not only enormous, but contrary to evolutionary expectations.