Tag: cell’s
Progress in Defining “Being Alive”
I have long believed that “being alive” is the fundamental predicate to possessing even rudimentary intrinsic moral value.
Gold Rush of Discovery Points Beyond Blind Evolutionary Process — to Foresight
We’re told that it’s out of bounds for science to go there. I take up that claim in the final chapter of my book, Foresight.
A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 3
Perhaps the evidence for the vast scope of Darwin’s theory really isn’t as strong as biologists over the years have been telling each other.
Memory — New Research Reveals Cells Have It, Too
A memory of past events helps a cell learn how to respond to recurring threats and protect the genome.
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.