PDB101: Molecule of the Month: Flagellar Motor (pdb101.rcsb.org)
from BlueKey@fedia.io to science@mander.xyz on 02 Dec 07:29
https://fedia.io/m/science@mander.xyz/t/1498888

Posting this as I find it astonishing how nature invented electrical motors with gearshift way before humans did.

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zout@fedia.io on 02 Dec 10:41 next collapse

I get what you're saying, but also nature has been around for a lot longer than humans, and nature is "infinite monkeys on typewriters" in real life.

azi@mander.xyz on 02 Dec 11:14 collapse

Infinite monkeys with a QC department

Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz on 02 Dec 11:00 next collapse

Destin also made a nice video about the same topic. These thighs are pretty amazing.

Enkrod@feddit.org on 02 Dec 17:45 collapse

I am really sad that Destin basically went mostly with the ID-perspective and I blame him being a devout Christian. Don’t get me wrong, the video is well crafted, but he presented ID talking points as if it was a viable alternative to evolution.

Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz on 02 Dec 21:30 collapse

Yeah, that Christian stuff can get in the way at times.

acockworkorange@mander.xyz on 02 Dec 15:16 next collapse

Someone has been crocheting some really trippy designs.

wjs018@piefed.social on 03 Dec 04:15 next collapse

I wrote my PhD thesis about bacterial flagella. Not about the motor though (which is incredible), but about the long part of the flagella that is extracellular. It is able to change its shape as the bacteria moves. The mechanism by which this happens is at the same time quite simple, but just about impossible to explain via text. Really, really neat bit of evolution that has proven to be home to incredibly rich physics that is still being studied to this day.

Alpha71@lemmy.world on 03 Dec 04:30 collapse

facinating.