Tag: quality control
A Biochemical Icon of Intelligent Design, ATP Synthase Does More than Spin
As super-resolution imaging improves, the world’s smallest rotary motor continues to amaze.
In Cells and Whole Organisms, Repair Mechanisms Imply Foresight, Not Evolution
It takes foresight to make complex tools and procedures that can restore the functions of other tools. A blind process can only see the immediate present.
Big Fertility Is Fast Becoming a Moral Hazard
This “experiment” was very wrong on at least four fronts. First, it created human life for the purpose of experimenting upon it.
The Vanity of Big Fertility
This technique was designed solely to benefit the mothers, not the baby.
Protein Folds Violate Evolutionary Expectations
Protein folds show more flexibility than previously thought, but the flexibility appears designed. If it’s hard to get one fold to work, how about two in the same protein?