Tag: cell membrane
Water Is a Problem, and Your Body Has an Ingenious Solution
The sodium-potassium pump is an innovation that allows your cells to combat the forces of nature and in doing so, prevents disaster.
Intentionality in Living Systems: What Does It Mean?
One historically dominant position on intentionality has been the Brentano thesis, proffered by 19th-century German philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano.
Let’s Think About a Zygote Like an Engineer
Actually, life is a series of millions of hard problems that have to be solved all the time, or else.
Secrets of Active Transport Become Visible
TSA workers at airports could never boast of this much quality control in their authentication protocols.
Paper Digest: The Cell as an Embedded Computing System
This paper is an important illustration of how intelligent design theory can be applied at a high level in the academic setting.