This is a single human cell. The white tubes are microtubules. The colored beads are ribosomes. You have 37 trillion of these.
Every cell in your body is a manufacturing plant running 24/7 without supervision.
Each ribosome (the colored beads) is assembling a protein right now. A single ribosome chains together about 20 amino acids per second. A typical mammalian cell contains millions of ribosomes. Every cell in your body is forming hundreds of millions of peptide bonds per second. Continuously.
The white worm-like tubes are microtubules, the cell's internal highway system. Motor proteins called kinesin walk along them on two protein legs, carrying cargo from one end of the cell to the other at around 800 nanometers per second. Each cell has thousands of these tracks with thousands of motor proteins walking on them simultaneously.
The blue mesh on the outside is the actin cortex. It holds the cell shape against pressure. It's also being torn down and rebuilt constantly. Every cell rewrites its own structural skeleton every few minutes.
Now scale that.
37 trillion cells. Each running millions of ribosomes. Each running hundreds of mitochondria producing ATP at roughly 100 million molecules per second. Your total daily ATP turnover is around your full body weight. You synthesize and consume your bodyweight in ATP every 24 hours.
The DNA in a single cell stretches 2 meters uncoiled. End to end across all 37 trillion cells, that's enough to reach the sun and back 250 times.
None of this is voluntary. None of it stops. It started when you were one cell and hasn't paused since.
Robbie Avila's game-winner against GW, sliced together with different videos posted to Twitter.
Get ready for a packed house tonight against Dayton. #slu#billikens#RollBills
Happy New Year, Billiken Nation!
The Billikens capped off 2025 with a 102-79 victory over Saint Joseph’s to open A-10 play!
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With few exceptions:
It doesn’t get easier. You won’t have more time. Things won’t slow down. This isn’t just a season. Either you take joy where you are, or you won’t.
—@TheAlanNoble
Congrats to former standout WCA golfer Alex Cusumano for winning the St. Louis District Men's Championship! Quite an accomplishment with so many accomplished golfers in STL! Great to see Alex still has a strong game after all these years 😀
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After a top regular season in WCA history including a 10-1 record, a first place District title- State did not end the way we wanted but these seniors (Blake, Luke and Rhoads) have much to be proud of leading us well on and off the course- they will be missed!
At a tough State golf course under windy conditions the team struggled some today! The guys grinded on the back 9 to finish strong and the great news is we are poised to have a big bounce back day tomorrow! #keepfighting#golfishard#comeback
Charlie Kruse played like he has all year to lead the team and come in 2nd place overall in the District Tournament with an even par 71! #1golfer#bigtime
The WCA Golf team continued their great season by winning a District Championship in Class 4 by 17 strokes! A very impressive performance by the whole team- Congrats guys for showing up and coming through in the clutch! #theywereonfire#gotitdone
The 2 Club Championship came down to a tie between Charlie K and Nathan C who both shot even par! In a sudden death playoff both guys put it within 8 feet but Nathan C came out on top draining the bird for the win- congrats Nathan on being the new 2 club champion! #clutchputt
A tradition unlike any other = the team 2 Club Championship took place @ Pheasant Run! You might get a sense from the picture this is different from "normal" golf #teambonding#2clubs
Here is a clip from today's match as senior Rhoads H fires a 2 over par 37- just barely missed the putt as it hung on the lip! #heartbreaker#golfishard
The Cats continued to roll with a W to go 9-1 on the season! Charlie K followed up his historic 5 under round yesterday with a 1 over par 37 to lead the team! Seniors continued to lead with Rhoads H 37, Luke d 37 & Blake M 40! #onfire#keepitgoing
@todd_zell You should be very proud- one of best chapels of year- love how it was very God centered and the theme she kept repeating- "even when we do not know it, even when we do not feel it- God is working in our lives" Great stuff!