The human body truly is a miracle to behold
The other day I asked my 10th-grade biology class at Howland High School if anyone was disorganized. Quite a few honest kids raised their hands, and then I proceeded to call them all liars. ‘‘I have the facts to prove it,’’ I smirked slyly. You have to understand, I was simply trying to prove the point that our human bodies are ‘‘fearfully and wonderfully’’ organized, if not miraculously organized. The topic of the day was ‘‘The molecules of life.’’ I explained to these so-called ‘‘disorganized’’ kids that they are actually super-roganized in a cellular sense and on a molecular level. For giggles I told them, ‘‘Go ahead and tell your parents Mr. Herman says you’re super-organized.’’ Now for some amazing facts to back up the claim: Did you know that your body is organized into tens of trillions of very efficient cells? The molecular machinery inside each cell runs the show like a nanotech city with your DNA operating and orchestrating tens of millions of cell functions simultaneously.
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Not so fast.











