Energy!

This post has the most monstrous image I’ve made to date.  I hope it will become more popular and useful than my current heavy hitters the cell and even Louis Pasteur’s experiment of spontaneous generation, which I’ve seen make the top ranks of both Google and Bing image search! In this image, I’ve covered energy [...]

Scientists finish a 53-year-old classic experiment on the origins of life

Sometimes an article is so well written that you can do nothing to better it.  Ed Yong is the type of writer to consistently put out articles of that quality-level. And so all I can do is send you to his blog, for you to read for yourself. It concerns the Urey experiment on possible [...]

Photosynthesis

Plants are autotrophs, and today I’d like to focus on how plants get the energy they need. Plants need the following things to get energy to live: Water (H2O), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Sunlight. The process of converting H2O and CO2 in the presence of sunlight into energy is called photosynthesis.

Energy

Autotrophs make their own food and heterotrophs must consume food from an outside source. ATP is the energy source of cells.

What is Life? II

To go just a little further in depth as to what we meant last time when we discussed the characteristics of living things, I wanted to make a follow up post.  I’ve been putting this off, but it’s time to bite the bullet. All living things are made up of 1 or more cells.  Cells [...]

What is Life?

There is not one characteristic that defines all life. Living things are defined by a few characteristics. All living things: are made up of 1 or more cells, reproduce, etc.