Tag: mitochondria
Getting It Together: Tethers, Handshakes, and Multitaskers in the Cell
Running a cell requires coordination. How do molecules moving in the dark interior of a cell know how and when to connect? Protein tethers offer new clues.
No. 9 Story of 2023: Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells
Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology.
The Incredible Design of Muscles
At the very least, on the supposition of intelligent design, the existence of muscles is not particularly surprising.
How NOT to Argue Against Irreducible Complexity
This roundworm produces non-flagellated sperm, though these sperm cells are amoeboid, meaning that they move by extending and retracting protrusions.
Compact Factory Optimizes Shape for Efficiency — A New Level of Intelligent Design in Life
A microbe was found to organize its electron transport machinery in a way that bends the membrane for optimum energy utilization.