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Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 27, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Ann Gauger, bias, causal circularity, cells, circular reasoning, codons, common ancestor, cysteine, DNA, genetic code, helicase, histidine, mind, natural processes, nucleotides, Phys.org, PNAS, proteins, replication, RNA world, topoisomerase, transcription, translation}

Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Research: Insights from a Recent Study on the Genetic Code

_{Brian Miller
January 27, 2025

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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This study compared sequences of proteins in modern organisms to reconstruct ancestral proteins believed to reside in the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Origin of Life
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, algae, aliens, astrobiologists, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, chance, Christianity, European Space Agency, extraterrestrial life, Guillermo Gonzalez, Holy Grail, intelligent design, Jay Richards, materialists, methodological materialism, Milky Way, NASA, natural laws, natural selection, space exploration, The Privileged Planet}

God and the Odds of ET

_{Jonathan Witt
January 13, 2025

Origin of Life, Planetology, Rare Earth

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There is a rational and intellectually defensible strategy for maintaining a measure of optimism about the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 27, 2024

Categories
Origin of Life
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", coacervates, code, evolution, George Washington Carver, hydrothermal vents, James Tour, Joana Xavier, metabolism, Michael Faraday, Nick Lane, Paul Nelson, Perry Marshall, primordial soup, Professor Dave, publish or perish, RNA world, Robert Boyle, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur}

No. 6 Story of 2024: Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

_{David Coppedge
December 27, 2024

Origin of Life

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The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, biological information, Canceled Science, Discovery Institute Press, Eric Anderson, Eric Hedin, ID the Future, organisms, podcast, Second Law of Thermodynamics}

Information, Entropy, and the First Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 23, 2024

Evolution, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Some push back with the argument that the Earth is an open system, gaining energy from the sun. Is that a workaround for a naturalistic account of life? Read More ›

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Author
Otangelo Grasso

Date
December 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Brian Miller, building blocks, calculations, chance, jackpot, James Tour, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Long Story Short, metabolism, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Phys.org, Powerball, proteins, proteome, protocells, Quanta Magazine, Rice University, RNA world, self-organization, University of North Carolina}

Let’s Throw Mathematical Light on the Origin of Life

_{Otangelo Grasso
December 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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If researchers really were making progress, wouldn’t that mean they would be converging on the same truth? Yet they are not. Read More ›

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Date
December 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Canceled Science, entropy, Eric Anderson, Eric Hedin, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, nature, physicists, podcast, Second Law of Thermodynamics}

Physicist Eric Hedin on Entropy and the Origin of Life

_{Science & Culture
December 13, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Physics tells us pretty clearly that mindless nature degrades information; it doesn’t create it. Are there workarounds? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Technology
Tagged
, biosphere, Casey Luskin, complexity, early Earth, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, life, LUCA, molecular clock studies, non-life, podcast}

New Study Triggers Key Origin of Life Questions

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 3, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Technology

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The leap from non-life to life represents a huge jump in complexity and information, one that cannot be explained by reference to a stepwise, gradual process. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
Tagged
, A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, Father Martin Hilbert, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, natural selection, natural world, scientific evidence, theology}

Father Martin Hilbert on Darwinism’s Fatal Flaws

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 2, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Origin of Life

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Fr. Hilbert reveals that one of Darwin’s motives for conjuring his theory of natural selection was removing God from the picture. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 28, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Tagged
, academia, brain, Darwinism, evolution, Fornace, gratitude, Harvard University, intelligent design, Italy, James Tour, Lee Cronin, materialism, matter, Michael Denton, mind, Minding the Brain, Scuola di Filosofia di Fornace, Thanksgiving, The Miracle of Man}

Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

_{David Klinghoffer
November 28, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life

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One reason, Dr. Denton says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, COSM, Douglas Axe, evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Pacific Ocean, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Princeton University, San Francisco, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, The Design of Life, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Yale University}

Remembering Jonathan Wells, a Key Figure in the Intelligent Design Movement

_{William A. Dembski
September 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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When I spoke to Jonathan about the cost he paid in standing for his principles, he remarked that his decision to do prison time contained a blessing. Read More ›