Spectacular Discovery Reveals Power Grid in Muscle Cells; Design Implications Are Profound

A new finding announced in Nature is a blockbuster for intelligent design. We knew about ATP synthase -- that rotary engine that uses proton flow to create "batteries" of energy-packed ATP molecules. Those motors in the mitochondria are arranged along folds (cristae) in the mitochondrial membranes to maximize their output.

Now researchers have learned that the mitochondria themselves are connected by electrical wires in a vast intracellular network. This allows us to see, for the first time,...