Tag: diatoms
Applying the Design Filter to Biological Sands
If you look closely at beach sand, you may find some grains that stand out. They are shaped like spirals, stars, or striated cones.
By Design? Meteors Deliver Iron for Habitability
Unexpected benefits may come from a steady rain of meteoric dust onto the planet.
Diatoms, an Evolutionary Mystery, Come into Nano-Focus
The jewels of the microbial world, when seen with new nano-scale imaging techniques, look like little modernist cathedrals.
Informed Choice Seen in Cellular Nanomachines
As imaging techniques approach nanometer resolution, the detailed workings of molecular mechanisms reveal precision engineering designs.
Foresight in Single Cells
There are things going on in cells that make sense only if a designing intelligence saw a need and planned for it in advance.