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horned lizard
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A Good Example of Evolutionary Use of Extremely Small Probability Singularities

How can you be certain, for instance, that you, horned lizards, and brook trout share a common chordate ancestor? Read More ›
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On Origin of Life, New Long Story Skewers Materialist Doctrine

The OOL researchers don’t believe they are cheating or stealing. They’re not dishonest, or stupid. But they are fooling themselves. Read More ›
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James Tour Dismantles Dave Farina’s Expert Witnesses on the State of Origin-of-Life Research 

Farina is a committed atheist who has demonstrated that he is not encumbered by the same ethical standards that James Tour is. Read More ›
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James Tour: The Goalposts Are Racing Away from the Origin-of-Life Community

Dr. Tour explains to host Eric Metaxas why the origin-of-life community is further than ever from solving the mystery of life’s origin. Read More ›
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On the Miracles of Physiological Design

The book under review is a splendid and uniquely well-informed contribution to the debate about what is by all indices a theory in possibly terminal crisis. Read More ›
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Old Wine in New Bottles: How Darwin Recruited Malthus to Fortify a Failed Idea from Antiquity

It was undoubtedly a tremendous philosophical coup for Darwin whose knowledge of formal philosophy was limited. Read More ›
Louis Pasteur
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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 ›
Louis Pasteur
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All Living Systems Must Process Energy, Store and Utilize Information, and Replicate

Louis Pasteur showed that what appeared to be life springing forth from nonliving matter was actually life emerging from exceedingly small living organisms. Read More ›
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High Energy: Long Story Short Addresses “Energy Harnessing” and Life’s Origin

Everyone knows that maintaining life requires energy, but most do not appreciate the intricate steps required to harness it. Read More ›
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Origin of Life without Intelligent Design? Long Story Short Tackles the “Energy Harnessing” Problem

“Life’s energy harnessing process is one big paradox. You need it before you can have it, and you can’t make it until you’ve already made it." Read More ›

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