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Words of Wisdom from Wildflowers
April 12, 2019
...conditions prevail. c. Macroscopic structures are intricate: anthers, pollen, pistils, ovules, corollae, circulatory system, colors, shapes to match insect pollinators. d. Microscopic processes are mind-boggling: DNA code, mitosis, meiosis, defense,...
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Human Body

More Wonders to Be Thankful For
February 21, 2019
...basis of how cells position themselves in the multicellular aggregate according to cell type. Once seen as nerve cells’ foot soldier, the axon emerges as decision-maker (Science Daily). Even cells...
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Mind and Brain

Wonders of the Equipment in Your Head
December 1, 2018
...cells, in the motor cortex began to send out signals to cancel out the firing of neurons in the auditory cortex that make us aware of the sound. This process...
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Cell Biology

Stem Cells Back in the News with New Hopes and Discoveries
November 13, 2018
...Scientists seem more wary about discussing embryonic stem cells than they used to be. This article never uses the term. It names them “hES” cells instead (human embryonic stem cells)...
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Astronomy

The Frantic Determination of Some Scientists to Discover Life Elsewhere
July 6, 2018
...could organize the ingredients into cells? And what force could endow the cells with life? And could we expect undirected evolution to once again bring about anything on the level...
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Cell Biology

What Your Cells Do For You
June 29, 2018
...blood cells to seal off a wound quickly before reconstruction of the tissue begins. Scientists have found that a protein film forms rapidly over a wound as part of the...
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Origin of Life

OOL Cells Are DOA
June 21, 2018
...the Origins of Life (Astrobiology Magazine). Protein nanomachines are anything but simple. They were essential for the first living cells, but so was DNA. A cell could not survive without...
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Intelligent Design

Living Things Show Cleverness in Many Ways
April 20, 2018
...investigated how cells respond to cylindrical surfaces, which are common in biology. They found that cells change the static configurations of their shapes and internal structures. “We think of it...
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Cell Biology

Neutron Imaging Solves Mystery of Leeuwenhoek’s Microscopes
March 26, 2018
...the first to view bacteria, sperm cells and blood cells, discoveries that he published in the journal of the British Royal Society.” With his simple, yet extremely specialised microscope, Van...
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Origin of Life

NASA Promotes Natural Miracles
February 15, 2018
...cells. Can anyone think of a phrase for “beyond ‘beyond astronomical'”? That’s the challenge for those who insist on limiting their scientific explanations to chance and natural law. Our unlucky...
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Intelligent Design

The Creator Thought of Everything
February 10, 2018
...the tiny hair cells in the inner ear. Chickens of both genders also have such hairs in their ears, and the team wondered why they weren’t damaged. To find out,...
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Cell Biology

Bacteria Rule the Earth
December 14, 2017
...well. Even without eyes, cells are aware. Their paper in Nature explains how “force loading” gives cells their spatial sense. The press release likens this to “seeing” people around you...
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Marine Biology

Well-Adapted Underwater Animals that Defy Evolution
December 8, 2017
...from jellyfish named Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) has “revolutionized biotechnology” by allowing scientists to track reactions of individual proteins in cells embedded with the gene. Berwald talks about the incredible...
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Cell Biology

Cells Teach Humans About Design
September 30, 2017
Biomimetics extends to the cellular level, where extraordinary processes show engineers the right way to do things. Locks and keys. We all know man-made locks on our doors, but cells...
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Dinosaurs

AAAS Tries to Downplay Dinosaur Soft Tissue
September 19, 2017
...in. “They are in the right place to be red blood cells,” she recalls telling him. “But they can’t be red blood cells. We all know that.” Horner stared at...
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