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Image: RNA, via Illustra Media’s documentary Origin.

#3 Story of 2022: Did Researchers Explain the Origin of Life?

The research paper avers, “These results support the capability of molecular replicators to spontaneously develop complexity through Darwinian evolution.” Read More ›
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Photo: Louis Pasteur, via Wikimedia Commons.

Louis Pasteur, in Memoriam

“There is a time in every man's life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered.” Read More ›
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Image: Louis Pasteur, by Sanjai B R 1840722, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The 200th Birthday of Louis Pasteur: A Man of Science and Faith

In the 19th century, it was widely believed that the spontaneous generation of life from non-life was common and unremarkable. Read More ›
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Joana Xavier, Skepticism About Design, and a Fable About a Gray Parrot with an iPad

Xavier, of University College London, is a young origin-of-life researcher who has steadily pursued questions of central importance.  Read More ›
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Photo: Charles Thaxton (center) with his co-authors, via Discovery Institute.

Still a Mystery: Charles Thaxton on Life’s Origin

It was the epilogue that proved controversial. There the three authors reviewed five proposed explanations for life’s origins. Read More ›
Melissa Wehmann Sewell (1953-1991) with Chris
Photo: Melissa Wehmann Sewell (1953-1991) with Chris, by Granville Sewell.

Intelligent Design and the Problem of Pain

It is often claimed that the design inference is a religious conclusion. It is not. Read More ›
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Image: Thomas Aquinas, via Aquinas.Design.

Notre Dame Hosts a Conference on Creation, Including Intelligent Design

The organizers accepted my abstract for a talk about “The Return of Teleology to the Natural Sciences.” Read More ›
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An Optimistic Solution to the Mystery of Life’s Origin

Consider what five prestigious origin-of-life thinkers say about the current status of origin-of-life research. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Charlie Wollborg, via Flickr (cropped).

Origin of Life: Saved by Time?

Many materialists believe that the severe unlikelihood of the series of events required for the origin of life is not a serious problem. Read More ›
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Image: Jeremy England lectures in Stockholm, via YouTube.

Still Unexplained: The First Living Cell

In recent years, MIT physicist Jeremy England has gained media attention for proposing a thermodynamic energy-dissipation model of the origin of life. Read More ›

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