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Cell biology

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Denyse O'Leary
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August 13, 2019
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design, stasis
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Culturing a tentacled archean in a lab shows eukaryote-like genes from 2 billion years ago

Denyse O'Leary
August 13, 2019
Cell biology, Intelligent Design, stasis
Also, here’s a 2017 Abstract from Nature, noting that “Our results expand the known repertoire of ‘eukaryote-specific’ proteins in Archaea, indicating that the archaeal host cell already contained many key components that govern eukaryotic cellular complexity.” Thus they had that complexity back then. Not so good for Darwinism unless Darwinism is magic. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 10, 2019
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Cell biology, Ecology, Intelligent Design, Plants
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Who knew bacteria could trap light without chlorophyll?

Denyse O'Leary
August 10, 2019
Cell biology, Ecology, Intelligent Design, Plants
We are “trained,” if you like, to expect certain discoveries (dark matter, for example). Then we learn something significant that really surprises us and allows for new thinking about, for example, ecology. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 3, 2019
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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The genes that come to life after you die

Denyse O'Leary
August 3, 2019
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
The most likely explanation is that death is a process of shutting down, rather than an instant when everything stops. The genes to grow a spinal column, for example, resurfaced but maybe they had been suppressed because the deceased already had one. Still much to learn but that’s a good hypothesis to test. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 27, 2019
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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Researcher asks, Is the cell REALLY a machine?

Denyse O'Leary
June 27, 2019
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
Nicholson: “The recent introduction of novel experimental techniques capable of tracking individual molecules within cells in real time is leading to the rapid accumulation of data that are inconsistent with an engineering view of the cell.” Cells are more than machines but that only makes any form of Darwinism less likely. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 19, 2019
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Animal minds, Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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The remarkable world of virus communication

Denyse O'Leary
June 19, 2019
Animal minds, Cell biology, Intelligent Design
Do viruses think? Not in the human sense. As with plants, these communications are signals, not abstractions. But the signals raise an important question: If viruses seek to remain in an organized state, why are they not “alive”? If they are not “alive,” what are they? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 18, 2019
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Biology, Cell biology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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Is today’s biology missing a Big Idea?

Denyse O'Leary
June 18, 2019
Biology, Cell biology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
Talbott: Every organism is an entity in which certain ideas and intentions are manifest — observably expressed and realized. We have to be willing to say, as everyone does say, “This cell is preparing to divide.” We would never say (as I mentioned earlier), “This planet is preparing to make another circuit of the sun.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 14, 2019
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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Only some cells have “licences” to kill? Let’s look at what that means

Denyse O'Leary
June 14, 2019
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
The crux we now face: If there is so much intelligent organization in nature that a body resembles a state with a complex government, if there is no design, consciousness itself must also be an evolved illusion., That is a view that many quietly hold. But then science has no defence against the raging Woke, demanding that their grievances be science. There is no way to escape the dilemma: design or chaos Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 13, 2019
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Cell biology
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How a cell protects itself

Denyse O'Leary
June 13, 2019
Cell biology
It sounds like a scheme. But the big question isn’t how cells protect themselves by very complex mechanisms but why? Boulders don’t seek to avoid becoming sand. Something is different about life that mechanical explanations do not address. Read More ›