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The supposed simplicity of the cell
2. The supposed simplicity of the cell

2. The supposed simplicity of the cell

The supposed simplicity of the cell Consider for a moment the simple, humble bacteria. What Charles Darwin saw under a crude microscope looked quite primitive—a rounded glob of matter called "protoplasm"—and he thought it consisted of a few elementary components that could be easily assembled. Yet today we know bacteria contain complex molecular machines, each bacterium being more like a sophisticated automobile factory with multiple robotic devices and a complex control center. As molecular biologist Jonathan Wells and mathematician William…

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The warm little pond theory
1. The “Warm little pond” theory

1. The “Warm little pond” theory

The "warm little pond" theory Charles Darwin once wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker about the possibility of life arising spontaneously from "some warm little pond." During his day, some scientists still believed in "spontaneous generation," the idea that life can arise from nonlife—which was Darwin’s hope. Later, the famous French scientist Louis Pasteur decisively refuted the idea, and 150 years of observation and experimentation have confirmed these results. It turns out life is supremely more complex than Darwin…

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