Virus Motors Impossible for Evolution by Brian Thomas, M.S.* Bacteriophages are non-living yet specialized viruses that hijack cells to clone more viruses. In this way, they help to maintain balanced bacterial populations. When a new “phage” is assembled within a host cell, it is faced with a difficulty—how to package its DNA, which is 1,000 times longer than the diameter of its capsid, the tiny vessel that holds it. Research in 2007 revealed that this is accomplished by a molecular motor.1 The amount of force this motor exerts is 6 x 10-11 Newtons, making it the most powerful of all...