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MOLO RNA world
Image credit: Brian Gage.

James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Properly Combining Building Blocks

Any progress toward life would be lost if a fully functional cell did not emerge within a reasonably short period of time. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Andrew Shelley, via Unsplash.

James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Synthesis of the Building Blocks

"The analogy that comes to mind is a golfer, who having played a ball through an 18-hole course, assumed the ball could also play the course in his absence." Read More ›
Earthrise
Photo: Earthrise, by Bill Anders, Apollo 8, via NASA.

Sewell: Top Five Evidences for Intelligent Design

Mathematician Granville Sewell describes how atheists often argue that scientists cannot appeal to design since they cannot explain the origin of the designer. Read More ›
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inferential science
Photo: Hydrothermal vents, where some theories hypothesize that life originated, by NOAA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

#3 Story of 2020: On the Origin of Life, My Response to Jeremy England

Clearly, the questions he and I have discussed are not only of scientific or academic interest, but instead go to the root of life’s meaning and purpose. Read More ›
Jeremy England
Image: Jeremy England lectures in Stockholm, via YouTube.

Origin of Life: Jeremy England’s Search for a Natural Explanation

If I had written this book, I would have concluded with a final chapter that began with a verse from the book of Genesis. Read More ›
Jeremy England
Image: Jeremy England lectures in Stockholm, via YouTube.

From Physicist Jeremy England, a Deeply Insightful Book on the Origin of Life

England begins by describing how his book interweaves the discussion of the science of life with his Orthodox Jewish faith. Read More ›
Darwin
Origin of Species
Photo: Mural portrait of Charles Darwin, Sidney Street, Sheffield cc-by-sa/2.0 © Neil Theasby via Geograph.

In the Evolution Debate, How Truth Can Prevail

Paul Kecskemeti’s analysis perfectly describes the challenge faced by anyone who wishes to publicly tell the truth about the evidence for design. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Michal Jarmoluk via Pixabay.

Do Origin-of-Life Researchers Now Accept Intelligent Design?

A reader must ask if an RNA molecule could possibly govern chemical reactions, suppress free-riders, support co-operators, and act in its own self-interest. Read More ›
hydrothermal vents
Photo: Hydrothermal vents, by NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Barriers to an Unguided Origin of Life: Biophysicist Helen Hansma Enters the Debate

Professor Hansma maintains that sets of integrated reactions could have been directed by natural selection to gradually evolve into an autonomous cell. Read More ›
Ghost Nebula
Ghost Nebula
Photo: Ghost Nebula, by NASA, ESA, and STScI/Acknowledgment: H. Arab (University of Strasbourg).

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Challenges the Evidence for Cosmological Fine-Tuning

Hossenfelder’s strongest argument is that many fine-tuning parameters cannot in fact be quantified. Read More ›

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