16Jun 2025 by Post

Earth’s Phosphorus Supply Chains Revealed

astrobiologists, ATP, Bodélé Depression, Calypso satellite, Chad, Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service, David Karl, DNA, ecosystems, Evolution, Geology, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hongbin Yu, Hunga-Tonga volcano, hydrothermal vents, Intelligent Design, Kilauea volcano, lighting, membranes, metamorphism, meteor impacts, NASA, Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience, North Pacific, Oregon State, phosphorus, phytoplankton bloom, Sahara Desert, Saharan Air Layer, Sarah Buckland-Reynolds, serpentinization, The Miracle of Man, University of Hawaii, UV rays, volcanism
Without phosphorus, life as we know it could not exist. How does this limiting resource get to the oceans and land?  Source
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23Feb 2024 by Post

Getting It Together: Tethers, Handshakes, and Multitaskers in the Cell

aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, anticodon, biochemistry, Caltech, channel guards, condensates, cubicles, DNA, DNA translation, double duty, droplets, dual affinity, dual affinity proteins, endoplasmic reticulum, ER–mitochondria encounter structure, eukaryotes, Evolution, evolutionarily conserved, Intelligent Design, membrane lipids, membranes, mitochondria, molecular biology, molecular machines, multitasking, offices, organelles, paradigm shift, peroxisomes, PLOS Biology, proteins, Ptc5, speckles, tethers, TIM, tom, transfer RNA, tRNA
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. Source
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07Sep 2023 by Post

Is the Cell a Machine, or More Like a Mind? 

Barbara McClintock, cell, cellular architecture, cellular behavior, cellular cognition, Chance and Necessity, circuitry, cognition, conformation, Daniel Nicholson, DNA, electronic circuitry, function, functional promiscuity, Intelligent Design, intracellular transport, Jacques Monod, Journal of Theoretical Biology, lymphotactin, machine, machine conception of the cell, machine metaphor, membranes, molecular biology, neural circuitry, Neuroscience & Mind, nucleic acids, proteins, self-assembly, Sewall Wright, wiring
At least as we’re accustomed to thinking in our age of AI, the alternative to a machine is a mind. Source
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27Jul 2022 by Post

High Energy: Long Story Short Addresses “Energy Harnessing” and Life’s Origin

abiogenesis, ADP, ATP, ATP synthase, batteries, biopolymers, chemiosmotic coupling, drivetrain, Energy, energy harnessing, Evolution, gasoline, homeostasis, hydrothermal vents, Intelligent Design, lightning, Long Story Short, membranes, natural selection, origin of life, plants, promissory note, proton gradients, protons, regulators, RNA, self-replication, solar panels, sun, sunlight, transformers, volcanoes
Everyone knows that maintaining life requires energy, but most do not appreciate the intricate steps required to harness it. Source
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