Up from Dawkins: Summer Seminars Were a Turning Point for Me

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I wanted to determine whether I was, as Richard Dawkins asserted, an accident of nature. Or was I created by God? Source
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Nuclear Pore Complex Comes into Focus

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Super-resolution microscopy is letting us peer even closer into the cell’s secrets, revealing awesome wonders. Source
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New Research Finds Molecular Machines Are Even More Amazing than Behe Realized

ATP synthase, bacterial flagellum, bucket brigade, catalysis, cryo-electron microscopy, Darwinian evolution, dimers, drive shaft, enzymes, FliD proteins, Grotthus mechanism, hook, imaging techniques, Institute of Science and Technology, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, John E. Walker, Leonid Sazanov, lipid bilayer, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Nature Communications, Nobel Prize, PNAS, Scott Minnich, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, vibrations, water molecules
With better imaging and analysis techniques, details about icons of design are coming into clearer focus. The icons are looking better than ever. Source
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