Proteins are impossible machines that create life!

When it comes to news about science and biology in particular, it is the news about DNA and RNA that gets the most publicity. However, a very large part of the tremendous complexity and possibilities of life is determined by the function of proteins. In the most recent episode of Kurzgesagt, an excellent analysis of the role that proteins play in the creation of life is given.

We are made up of cells. Our muscles, organs, skin and hair. They exist in our blood and bones.

Cells are biological robots that have no desires, feel nothing, are not sad or happy. They are what is here and now. They have the same consciousness as a stone or a chair or a neutron star. Cells follow their programmed course that has been evolving and changing for billions of years, determined by natural selection.

They are incredible machines, but nevertheless their existence and function is governed by the fundamental forces of the Universe. The smallest unit of life, right on the boundary between physics and biology.

Sometimes to really understand how great something is you have to take a deep breath and really explore in depth. So what are cells and how do they work?

The answers are in the video below: