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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
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Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Origin of Life

James Tour (1)
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 11, 2017
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Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Physics
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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
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“[U]nder certain conditions, matter inexorably acquires the key physical attribute associated with life.” Oh, really, does it? Read More ›
Jeremy-England-1
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Brian Miller
Date
August 8, 2017
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Physics
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Hailed as the “Next Darwin,” MIT’s Jeremy England Sheds Little Light on Life’s Origins

Brian Miller
August 8, 2017
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Physics
9
England’s research is focused on the wrong question. Origin-of-life theories are not helped by identifying processes that efficiently dissipate energy. Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
Date
July 27, 2017
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Reproductive Science
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Must Life Evolve?

William A. Dembski and Jonathan Wells
July 27, 2017
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Reproductive Science
4
In redefining life to make its origin easier to explain, origin-of-life researchers are now increasingly emphasizing the ability of life to evolve. Read More ›
Long-road-to-LUCA-1
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Date
July 3, 2017
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Science
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Origin-of-Life Researcher Admits, It’s “A Long, Long Way to LUCA”

Science and Culture
July 3, 2017
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Science
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Without intelligent design, how the "the last universal common ancestor of all living organisms" arose remains frustratingly elusive to theorists. Read More ›
Free Lunch This Way Direction Sign
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 2, 2017
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Science
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Materialist Origin-of-Life Solutions All Depend on a “Free Lunch”

David Klinghoffer
July 2, 2017
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Science
2
This from Nature Reviews Chemistry caught our eye – an unexpectedly candid admission of how far origin-of-life research is from shedding real light on its subject. Read More ›
oracle soup
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Author
Douglas Axe
Date
June 28, 2017
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Oracle Soup – Dialogue with a Theistic Evolutionist, Continued

Douglas Axe
June 28, 2017
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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We have no trouble rattling off any number of “conditions” that are relevant to the process of boiling alphabet soup. Read More ›
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
June 26, 2017
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
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Origin of Life and Information — Some Common Myths

Brian Miller
June 26, 2017
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life
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A common attempt to overcome the need for information in the first cell is to equate information to a reduction in entropy. Read More ›
Blue Ice, South Greenland
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Date
June 24, 2017
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Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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Tornadoes, Ice, and Cells: The Challenge from Thermodynamics to Origin-of-Life Scenarios

Science and Culture
June 24, 2017
Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences
2
This is a subject on which materialists are largely silent, and with good reason. Read More ›
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
June 22, 2017
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
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Free Energy and the Origin of Life: Natural Engines to the Rescue

Brian Miller
June 22, 2017
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life
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A fundamental hurdle facing all origin-of-life theories is the fact that the first cell must have had a free energy far greater than its chemical precursors. Read More ›

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