Tag: biochemistry
It’s Not “Evolution” — A Nobel Prize for Engineering Enzymes
In effect, protein engineers are using the power of random change plus intelligent design to see what if anything will improve function.
Inside the Machine Room of the Nucleus
The nucleus is a beehive of activity, where information is not just stored but processed, protected, transcribed, and duplicated by highly complex machines.
Nathan Lents Doesn’t Understand…Refrigeration
Lents studies rotting corpses and household plants. He might not know much about (living) human physiology.
Undeniable Intuitions and Unbelievable Coincidences
Any appeal to accidental processes to accomplish an unbelievable coincidence is really just an appeal to unbelievable coincidence.
Adaptation in Action Yields a Repurposed Enzyme
“Nylon-eating bacteria? What the heck?” you say. “Why does this matter?”