Category: Origin of Life | Page 20 | Science and Culture Today

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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, phospholipid, 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
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 4, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, cell membranes, chemical evolution, conflicting requirements, design constraint, evolution, first cell, homeostasis, intelligent design, Long Story Short, materialists, microbiology, protocells, protons}

Origin of Life: The Problem of Cell Membranes

_{David Klinghoffer
April 4, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Origin of Life

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Wow, the new Long Story Short video is out now, and I think it’s the best one yet — it’s amazingly clear and quite funny. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
March 29, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, biological information, cosmic fine-tuning, designing intelligence, faith, Francis Crick, Fred Hoyle, intelligent design, panspermia, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, theism, universe, What Is the Evidence for Intelligent Design? (series)}

Intelligent Design: Theistic Implications?

_{Stephen C. Meyer
March 29, 2022

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Although the case for intelligent design depends upon scientific evidence and methods of reasoning, it may well have larger theistic implications. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, complexity, early Earth, evolution, information, Nature Communications, podcast, press release, proteins, replication, ribozymes, RNA, RNA replication, RNA world, Steven Novella, University of Tokyo, Yale University}

Yale’s Steven Novella Falls for Origin-of-Life Hype

_{Brian Miller
March 24, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Novella is a prominent atheist who jumped at the chance to promote the secular creation narrative of life’s origin. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 22, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Darwinian evolution, enzymes, fact check, investigators, molecular machines, mutations, Nature Communications, Nobel Prize, nucleotides, parasites, press release, replicase, replication, Research, Ribosome, RNA, Ryo Mizuuchi, translational machinery, tRNA, University of Tokyo}

Fact Check: Did University of Tokyo Researchers Explain the Origin of Life?

_{Brian Miller
March 22, 2022

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

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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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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Psychology
Tagged
, amino acids, animation, ATP, dehydration, DNA, double helix, early Earth, enzyme, evolution, genomes, homochirality, hydration, intelligent design, intelligent designer, molecular machines, projection, replication, scientific materialism, supercoiling, topoisomerases, transcription}

New Animation on Topoisomerase Demonstrates Irrationality of Denying Design Evidence in Biology

_{Brian Miller
March 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Psychology

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Replication or transcription of DNA stresses the macromolecule, resulting in supercoiling. Topoisomerase II relieves the stress. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, American Geophysical Union, biochemists, Charles Thaxton, computer model, electrons, evolution, flasks, Geophysical Research Letters, Harold Urey, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, lightning, Miller-Urey experiment, Signature in the Cell, Stanley Miller, Stephen Meyer, Zombie Science (book)}

Zombie Science: Miller-Urey Experiment Is Back from the Dead, Barely

_{David Coppedge
March 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Scientifically speaking, the Miller experiment was a non-starter. Then when the atmosphere they used was called into question, the icon was doubly dead. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 2, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Science Reporting
Tagged
, amino acids, bacteria, bioengineering, biofuels, Brownian motion, cells, chemical reactions, cytoplasm, drugs, evolution, Evolution News, Humpty Dumpty, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, molecular machines, signals, Stanford University, The Design of Life, The New Yorker, William A. Dembski}

The New Yorker Takes “A Journey to the Center of Our Cells”

_{Casey Luskin
March 2, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Science Reporting

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There’s a problem that biologists have long pondered — how do proteins find other proteins within the cell that they are supposed to interact with? Read More ›

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Date
February 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, entropy, Eugene V. Koonin, evolution, genes, learning, natural selection, Neural Networks, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Theodosius Dobzhansky, thermodynamics, Thomas Malthus, universe, vitalism, Vitaly Vanchurin}

Origin of Life Is Not Reducible to Physics

_{Science and Culture
February 24, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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This continues an evaluation of a proposal that treats natural selection as a law of physics that is applicable to the entire universe. Read More ›