Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Topic

chemical evolution

Філія_ЛПЗ_НАНУ_Стрільцівський_степ_Spalax_microphthalmus
Photo: Greater blind mole rat, by GalinaGouz, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Could Blind Forces Build a Self-Replicating Molecule?

Rob Stadler and Eric Anderson examine a recent paper on the origin of life, “An RNA Polymerase Ribozyme that Synthesizes Its Own Ancestor.” Read More ›
Ryugu
Photo: Asteroid Ryugu, by Stuart Rankin, via Flickr (cropped).

Uracil Discovered on Asteroid Ryugu — What Does It Mean for the Origin of Life?

These Ryugu samples appear to be our first chance to examine which organic compounds may be produced in a prebiotic setting in our solar system. Read More ›
Long Story abiogenesis
Image source: Discovery Institute.

On the Origin of Life, Long Story Short Goes After Pop YouTube Science

“It’s easy to say things that aren’t true and get people to believe them, especially when they sound science-y and are mixed in with well-known facts.” Read More ›
Long Story on Replication
Image source: Discovery Institute.

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 ›
Long Story Short
Image source: Discovery Institute.

Origin of Life: The Problem of Cell Membranes

Wow, the new Long Story Short video is out now, and I think it’s the best one yet — it’s amazingly clear and quite funny. Read More ›
ladder
Photo credit: Ricardo Cruz via Unsplash.

Meyer: “Can Natural Selection Explain the Origin of Life?”

So there’s this absented-minded philosopher of science walking down the street, head in the clouds, not looking where he’s going. Read More ›
DNA
Image credit: Arek Socha, via Pixabay.

Meyer: Did a Student’s Challenging Question to Dean Kenyon Spark the Modern ID Movement?

Stephen Meyer discusses theories, like Kenyon’s, that seek to account for the information in DNA by reference to chemical forces alone. Read More ›
Mars
Photo: Surface of Mars as seen from the Curiosity rover, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Methane Causes Space Aliens?

Recent sensational headlines give astute readers occasion to contrast valid scientific inferences from leaps of faith based on worldview assumptions. Read More ›
origin of life

“Radical New Theory” on the Origin of Life?

Some recent work suggests it all happened at once in a sort of “chemical big bang.” Read More ›
Stephen Meyer

Stephen Meyer and James Tour: Tonight, a Wide-Ranging and Personal Conversation

Does life's origin reflect the activity of a mind, or do blind, purely physical processes alone serve as a fully satisfactory explanation? Read More ›

© Discovery Institute