2+ hour, 38+ min ago  (616+ words) Intrinsically disordered portions of proteins may not be functionless after all. They appear to be multi-functional, says a new study published in PNAS, titled, "A functional map of the human intrinsically disordered proteome." Some functions of IDRs have been coming…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (346+ words) Traditionally, five major enzyme complexes are described by what biochemists call the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Engineers would call the mitochondrial respiratory chain a "power plant" where current flows through a circuit to build up voltage. That voltage then spins a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (189+ words) In the latest episode of Secrets of the Human Body series, "Nature's Fitness for the Human Body," biologist Michael Denton takes a long view " the longest view imaginable in our universe. Against the scenic natural backdrops of his native Australia,…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (668+ words) Editor's note: We are delighted to offer this excerpt from Chapter 5 of Winston Ewert's new book, The Heavens, the Waters, and the Partridge: The Historical Interaction of Faith and Science Before Modern Science. Dr. Ewert is a Center for Science…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (396+ words) Editor's note: We are delighted to offer this excerpt from Chapter 3 of Winston Ewert's new book, The Heavens, the Waters, and the Partridge: The Historical Interaction of Faith and Science Before Modern Science. Dr. Ewert is a Center for Science…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (164+ words) The beauty and value of Kan'et al. s accomplishment lie in the enzyme-promoted formation of'an unnatural bond. This closes a crucial'gap between biological and chemical catalysis.'The impact is unforeseeable, but it seems that we are a big step closer…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (281+ words) In the "just so" stories of the Darwinian narrative, these engineering solutions simply evolved. They emerged and got conserved. Voila! Source When left to their own devices, the laws of nature tend toward death, not life. So what does it…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (181+ words) Watch: Stephen Meyer in Cambridge, at the Doors of the Cavendish Lab'Science and Culture Today Well, this is the coolest thing I've seen all day. Stephen Meyer was in England, and a friend videoed him outside the legendary Cavendish Laboratory…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (288+ words) While amino acids can be produced in experiments or found on meteorites, they are often consumed by side reactions that create non-living tar. Source By now, you may have heard about some of the problems facing the field of origin-of-life…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (760+ words) The patterns of disparity observed during the Cambrian pose two unresolved questions. First, what evolutionary process produced the gaps between the morphologies of major clades? Second, why have the morphological boundaries of these body plans remained relatively stable over the…...