Tag: building blocks

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 20, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, advice, Alexander Oparin, amino acids, Baltimore, biopolymers, building blocks, chemistry, computer languages, Dave Keeling, Deep Ocean Raman In Situ Spectrometer, DNA, education, Edward Anders, Edward T. Peltzer, extraterrestrial life, geology, Gustaf Arrhenius, Harold Urey, homochirality, hydrothermal vents, Jeffrey Bada, Klingons, lipid world, Mars, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, ocean chemistry, oceanography, organic chemistry, origin of life, Pope, prebiotic conditions, prebiotic soup, proteins, public school, racemization, RNA, RNA world, Roman Catholicism, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, solar system, Stanley Miller, starches, sugars, surface-based chemistry, theistic evolution, UC San Diego, University of Chicago, University of Heidelberg, Vulcans}

Interview with Edward Peltzer on the Origin of Life

_{William A. Dembski
August 20, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

70}

A student of Stanley Miller and Jeffrey Bada explains the failure of materialistic origin-of-life scenarios. Read More ›

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Date
August 7, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiotic processes, Accounts of Chemical Research, biopolymer backbones, biopolymers, building blocks, causal precondition, contradiction, Darwinian evolution, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, living state, molecules, polymerization, RNA}

Biopolymers: Change One Word to Eliminate the Contradiction

_{Science and Culture
August 7, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

The living state itself depends on the prior existence of biopolymers (such as RNA and DNA) which were themselves not produced by abiotic processes. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 16, 2025

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, BioCosmos, biomolecules, building blocks, C. James, cells, diffusion, diffusion coefficient, dipeptide, discovery time, half-life, intelligent agent, intelligent design, James Tour, M. C. Parker, nucleotides, origin of life, peptide bond, physics, proteins, Rice University, RNA, statistical decay theory, thermodynamics, water}

New Article from James Tour Undermines a Pillar of Origin-of-Life Theories

_{Brian Miller
July 16, 2025

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

5}

Proteins and RNA degrade at rates that render their spontaneous formation under natural, undirected conditions highly implausible. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
May 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, anticipation, August Weismann, Bible, biosphere, building blocks, causation, Chance and Necessity, chipmunks, cognition, Design Inference, DNA, electromagnetism, Ferrari, final cause, flowering plants, Ford Mustang, Francis Crick, grizzly bear, immanent power, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, James Hutchison Stirling, Jaques Monod, natural selection, natural theology, necessity, nectar, perch, pollinators, purpose, representational directedness, rodent, science of purpose, telos, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, tuna, William A. Dembski, wolf}

Teleology: Anticipation and Necessity

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 31, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

10}

Imagine a primordial grizzly bear on the northern edge of the forest adjacent to the Arctic. His soma senses the differences of the new environment. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 12, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, barcoding, biomolecules, building blocks, Colorado State University, cryptography, cryptology, Darwinism, DNA, Douglas Axe, information, Intelligent Design in Action, junk DNA, pseudogenes, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Scientist, uncertainty, Undeniable (book), William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Intelligent Design in Action: DNA Cryptography

_{David Coppedge
February 12, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Cryptography itself is an example of ID in action within the sciences. How much more when it involves coded genetic information? 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, Eugene V. Koonin, 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, The Logic of Chance, 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

11}

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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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, building blocks, embryo development, evolution, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, neo-Darwinian mechanisms, ontogenetic information, podcast, Tom Woodward}

Jonathan Wells on Toppling Evolution’s Icons

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Dr. Wells also explains a study of his that finds that embryo development requires ontogenetic information that can’t arise by neo-Darwinian mechanisms. Read More ›

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Author
Carl Linnaeus

Date
January 24, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, adenine, building blocks, cytosine, DNA, Evolution News, guanine, living systems, magnetic field, nucleobases, nucleotides, prebiotic conditions, proteins, ribose, RNA, sugar, thymine, uracil, UV light}

Sunlight on the Puzzle of Prebiotic RNA?

_{Carl Linnaeus
January 24, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

11}

In two previous articles, I have argued against the plausibility of generating biologically relevant polymers (proteins, RNA, and DNA) in a prebiotic world. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 25, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Asphalt Paradox, biopolymers, building blocks, cell membranes, devolution, early Earth, Elbert Branscomb, James Tour, membranes, Michael Russell, molecular machines, natural processes, peer-reviewed literature, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, rare sugars, RNA, Steven Benner, synthetic chemists}

Hello, Professor Dave: James Tour’s Criticisms of OOL Research Echo Those of Other Experts

_{Brian Miller
May 25, 2023

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

7}

Today, I will address one of the few honest questions that Professor Dave and other critics have asked of Dr. Tour. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 24, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, building blocks, Dave Farina, disinformation, early Earth, James Tour, Lee Cronin, Nature (journal), nucleotides, polymerization, polypeptides, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, RNA, RNA world, Robert Shapiro, side chains, Steven Benner, water, X-ray}

Professor Dave in His “Debate” with James Tour Showcases the Art of Citation Bluffing

_{Brian Miller
May 24, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

6}

When Farina addressed the science, he rifled through a long series of technical articles, but greatly exaggerated their relevance. Read More ›