John Muir Wilderness 2010 Type post Date October 12, 2017 CategoriesChemistryIntelligent DesignLife SciencesPhysics Tagged , __edited, Ancient Near East, Bible, freezing, French Revolution, Genesis, ice, intelligent design, Michael Denton, rivers, temperature, Thales, The Wonder of Water, water Anomalous Aspects of Common Water Science and Culture October 12, 2017 Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physics 5 The subject of Michael Denton’s new book — water — is ubiquitous, as indeed for living creatures it must be. Read More ›
James Tour (1) Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date August 11, 2017 CategoriesChemistryEvolutionIntelligent DesignLife SciencesOrigin of LifePhysics Tagged , __k-review, James Tour, Jeremy England, MIT, Natalie Wolchover, Periodic Table, Quanta, Rice University, Salon, synthetic chemistry On Origin of Life, Synthetic Chemist James Tour Delivers Chastisement to Jeremy England David Klinghoffer August 11, 2017 Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Physics 3 “[U]nder certain conditions, matter inexorably acquires the key physical attribute associated with life.” Oh, really, does it? Read More ›
cell Type post Author Brian Miller Date June 19, 2017 CategoriesBiologyChemistryIntelligent DesignOrigin of LifePhysical SciencesPhysics Tagged , __k-review, early Earth, Fred Hoyle, Harold Morowitz, hydrothermal vents, Stanley Miller, thermodynamics Thermodynamics of the Origin of Life Brian Miller June 19, 2017 Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics 7 Popular articles on origin-of-life research often portray the field as constantly advancing and quickly converging on a purely materialistic explanation for the first cell. Read More ›
image Type post Date December 12, 2016 CategoriesBiochemistryChemistry Tagged , __nedited, carbon, causation, cytochrome c, defining terms, engineering, enzymes, homochirality, iron, laws of nature, Nature, polymerization, polymers, purpose, silicon, Star Trek Silicon-Based Life: If Scientists Repurpose an Enzyme, Is It Intelligent Design? Science and Culture December 12, 2016 Biochemistry, Chemistry 6 No living cell we know of produces carbon-silicon bonds, but scientists "evolved" a way to make cells produce them. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date December 6, 2016 CategoriesChemistryEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, News, science Behe: Nobel Prize for Chemistry Begs the Question of Intelligent Design David Klinghoffer December 6, 2016 Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 "Nano" machines are impressive as technical achievements. Yet they are also exceedingly simple, "cute" but "useless." Read More ›
Type post Author George Gilder Date December 2, 2016 CategoriesBiologyChemistryEvolutionFaith & ScienceIntelligent DesignPhysics Tagged , __k-review, Bruce Chapman, C.S. Lewis, central dogma, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, DNA, economics, events, Francis Crick, George Gilder, information, intelligent design, Kurt Gödel, materialism, Nobel laureate Leap Before You Look: Reflections on the Mission and “Evolution” of Discovery Institute George Gilder December 2, 2016 Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics 6 I helped form Discovery Institute 25 years ago and over that period, if I may use the term, it has evolved. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date October 6, 2016 CategoriesChemistryEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, News, Research, science Intelligent Design: Nobel Prize for Chemists who Synthesized Molecular Machines David Klinghoffer October 6, 2016 Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 Doesn't this beg a profound question? You could ask James Tour, or Michael Behe. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date June 6, 2016 CategoriesChemistryLife SciencesOrigin of Life Tagged , __tedited, abiogenesis, functional complexity, ignorance, mystery, nanomachines, natural causes, origin of life, prebiotic chemistry, prebiotic synthesis experiments, synthetic chemistry On Prebiotic Chemistry, Synthetic Chemist James Tour Urges an Admission of Ignorance David Klinghoffer June 6, 2016 Chemistry, Life Sciences, Origin of Life 6 Taking aim at biologists who assume the matter of life from nonlife is well in hand, Tour sets out this way. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 12, 2016 CategoriesChemistryFaith & ScienceLife SciencesOrigin of Life Tagged , __tedited, abiogenesis, chemical evolution, expertise, James Tour, Jeffrey Shallit, Larry Moran, origin of life, prayer, prebiotic chemistry From Atheist Jeffrey Shallit, a Telling Response on the Origin of Life David Klinghoffer April 12, 2016 Chemistry, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Origin of Life 4 Shallit is a computer scientist at the University of Waterloo whom we've dealt with here on occasion before. Read More ›
Type post Author David Coppedge Date October 21, 2015 CategoriesChemistryEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, News, Research, science, video Chemistry Nobel Prize Based on Design Inference David Coppedge October 21, 2015 Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 The suspicion that something was not letting nature take its usual course motivated the three winners. Read More ›