Category: Origin of Life | Page 5 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Paleontology
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", abduction, anomalies, artifacts, Avalon explosion, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Carboniferous Insect Explosion, Charles Darwin, Climbing Mount Improbable, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Doubt, Devonian Nekton Revolution, explosions, Fossil Friday (series), George Gaylord Simpson, GOBE, gradualism, great Ordovician biodiversification event, Lower Cambrian, molecular biology, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, paleontology, photosynthesis, population genetics, predictions, random mutations, revolutions, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, specified complexity, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Greatest Show on Earth}

Fossil Friday: Discontinuities in the Fossil Record — A Problem for Neo-Darwinism

_{Günter Bechly
May 10, 2024

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Paleontology

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The fossil record generally documents a discontinuous history of life with sudden appearances of new body plans and new forms of life in saltational events. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
May 1, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, Denis Noble, dissidents, epigenetic inheritance, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, genetic change, horizontal gene transfer, New Synthesis, panspermia, Peter Corning, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, purposiveness, symbiosis, synergistic selection, synergy, teleonomy, The Selfish Gene, unguided evolution, Wikipedia}

Another Call for a “New Synthesis”

_{Daniel Witt
May 1, 2024

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

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I recently wrote a post critical of biologist Peter Corning’s “synergism hypothesis.” Afterwards Dr. Corning got in touch. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, early Earth, enzymes, Eric Anderson, fitness, Gerald Joyce, ID the Future, intervention, James Tour, PNAS, Research, researchers, RNA world, Robert Stadler, Salk Institute, Stephen Meyer, Washington Post}

Top Ten Cheats in “Monumental” Origin of Life Research

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Brand new research from the Salk Institute has just been published relating to the origin of self-replicating RNA — a lynchpin in the RNA-world hypothesis. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 12, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, agency, Albert Einstein, angels, atoms, brain injury, brains, C.S. Lewis, Energy, faith and science, home, human beings, immaterial mind, intelligent design, intelligent designer, laws of nature, life, light, miracles, oscillations, singing, spirit, substance, universe}

Mind, Matter, and Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
April 12, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Let’s extend our speculations about the nature of spirit and its interactive ability with this material universe to considerations on the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, animals, body plans, Denis Noble, evolution, hype, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, Joana Xavier, Nature (journal), Nick Lane, Oxford University, podcast, Research, Stephen Meyer}

Meyer and Tour on New Critiques of Origin-of-Life Research

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Biochemist Nick Lane and bio-engineer Joana Xavier have given a sobering assessment of the origin-of-life research field. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, chemical evolution, Darwinian evolution, early Earth, Gerald Joyce, hype, intelligent agency, intelligent design, investigator intervention, James Tour, Lee Cronin, modern cells, natural processes, nucleotides, PNAS, polymerases, Probability Paradox, protocols, replication, ribozymes, Rice University, RNA, RNA world, Steven Benner, Washington Post}

Fact Check: A “Monumental” Breakthrough in Understanding Life’s Origin?

_{Brian Miller
April 8, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The lauding of Gerald Joyce’s research is pure hype. His results only further demonstrate the absolute necessity of intelligent agency. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 1, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, biomolecules, Brian Keating, Closer to Truth, dark energy, dark matter, Discovery Institute, disinformation, EurekAlert!, evidence, homochirality, intelligent design, James Tour, Justin Brierley, living cells, natural processes, nucleosynthesis, particle physics, RNA, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Science Daily, stars, Stephen Meyer, universe}

From Scientists and Science Media, a Flood of Disinformation

_{Eric Hedin
April 1, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Spending time perusing popular science media outlets can give one the impression that much of science is on the verge of being overturned. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Darwinists, DNA, evolution, evolutionists, genius, genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Long Story Short, Nature (journal), predictions, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), science journals, Third Way of Evolution, University of Toronto, William A. Dembski}

A Reckoning for Darwinism as “Junk DNA” Flops

_{David Klinghoffer
March 26, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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As a product of care and intention, the genome ought to be comparable in a way with products of human genius, with every detail there for a reason. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 22, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Science Education
Tagged
, academics, application, Darwinian evolution, design detection, faculty, human origins, ID research program, intelligent design, PhD students, postdocs, researchers, scholars, students, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, undergraduates}

The 2024 Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design Could Be the Highlight of Your Year!

_{Casey Luskin
March 22, 2024

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Science Education

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There’s an eye-opening trend in the applicant pool that we’ve observed over the past few years — it’s an exciting trend but it has an upside and a downside. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, biochemists, bioengineering, Casey Luskin, Denis Noble, Evolution News, evolutionary scientists, funding, genome, hydrothermal vents, ID the Future, ID theorists, Joana Xavier, Nature (journal), Nick Lane, organisms, Oxford University, primordial soup, promotion, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, tenure}

Two Articles in Nature Call for Rethink in Biology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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These frank acknowledgements from evolutionary scientists are encouraging signs and serve to confirm what ID theorists have long argued. Read More ›