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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
February 15, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, atheism, cancer, Charles Darwin, enzymes, Evolution News, Long Story Short, magnesium, metabolism, mutations, nucleotides, replication, Richard Dawkins, RNA, RNA world}

Molecular Infertility: New Long Story Short on RNA Replication and Life’s Origin

_{Rob Stadler
February 15, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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You might think that such severe impediments to prebiotic RNA formation would be enough to discourage fanciful proposals of RNA replication. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
July 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, ADP, amino acids, ATP, ATP synthase, Brian Miller, circular causality, DNA, electron transport chain, Energy, energy harnessing, hydrothermal vents, Long Story Short, Nick Lane, protons}

Energy Harnessing and Blind Faith in Natural Selection

_{Rob Stadler
July 29, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The latest animated video from Long Story Short explains the complex requirements for energy harnessing in life. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
July 27, 2022

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ADP, ATP, ATP synthase, batteries, biopolymers, Energy, energy harnessing, evolution, homeostasis, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, lightning, Long Story Short, membranes, natural selection, promissory note, protons, RNA, self-replication, solar panels, sun, sunlight, volcanoes}

High Energy: Long Story Short Addresses “Energy Harnessing” and Life’s Origin

_{Rob Stadler
July 27, 2022

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Everyone knows that maintaining life requires energy, but most do not appreciate the intricate steps required to harness it. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
April 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, cell membranes, cells, complexity, Craig Venter, DNA, E. coli, Energy, evolution, glucose, intelligent design, Long Story Short, matter, Mycoplasma genitalium, prokaryotes, protocells, ribose, Richard Lenski, YouTube videos}

Origin of Life: Top Three Problems with Protocells

_{Rob Stadler
April 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Protocells place origin-of-life researchers in an awkward position: relying upon an imaginary entity to sustain their belief that only matter and energy exist. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
April 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ATP, cell membranes, cells, evolution, histidine, intelligent design, lipids, Long Story Short, Mycoplasma genitalium, nutrients, proteins, protons, researchers, waste}

New Animated Video: Cell Membranes by Natural Processes Alone?

_{Rob Stadler
April 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Cell membranes are essential for life because they actively maintain homeostasis, providing a consistent environment inside the cell. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
December 1, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, biopolymers, chicken-and-egg problem, DNA, double helix, glycans, information, intelligent design, Long Story Short, Miller-Urey experiment, natural processes, nucleotides, proteins, RNA, water}

Long Story Short — A Strikingly Unnatural Property of Biopolymers

_{Rob Stadler
December 1, 2021

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Scientists have been trying for decades to get monomers to link up into biopolymers under “prebiotically plausible conditions.” Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
November 30, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, biopolymers, chirality, DNA, glycans, Holy Grail, homochirality, intelligent design, Le Chatelier’s principle, lipids, Long Story Short, monomers, natural processes, nucleotides, Occam's Razor, polymerization, proteins, RNA, sugars, YouTube videos}

Long Story Short — Did Purely Natural Processes Produce Biopolymers?

_{Rob Stadler
November 30, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Science provides a clear expectation of what natural processes produce, and what we observe in the biopolymers of life is dramatically unexpected. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
September 1, 2021

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, building blocks, carbohydrates, lipids, Long Story Short, natural processes, nucleotides, researchers, The Stairway to Life, YouTube videos}

Purifying Bad Results: How Origin-of-Life Researchers Cheat via “Relay Synthesis”

_{Rob Stadler
September 1, 2021

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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This is not a question of scale — even if the “chemist’s flask” were the entire Earth. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
August 24, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, building blocks, Long Story Short, molecules, Murchison meteorite, researchers, The Stairway to Life, water, YouTube videos}

Researchers Overlook Toxic Products in Origin-of-Life Experiments

_{Rob Stadler
August 24, 2021

Evolution, Origin of Life

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They stop reactions at optimal times, and scan through products of their reactions with high-tech equipment to find trace amounts of the product they seek. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
August 17, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Brian Miller, building blocks, carbohydrates, carbon dioxide, Casey Luskin, experiments, heart disease, Le Chatelier’s principle, lipids, Long Story Short, nucleotides, prebiotic Earth, reagents, researchers, Stanley Miller, The Stairway to Life, YouTube videos}

New “Long Story Short” Video Delivers a Dose of Reality on Origin-of-Life Research

_{Rob Stadler
August 17, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In the time of the early Earth, Airgas, the supplier from which the researchers obtained their materials, was not around. Read More ›