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New ID Book Zeroes in on Evolution’s Zero-Probability Problem

Eric Anderson explores the challenges of building a self-replicating 3-D printer, and the light this sheds on the origin-of-life community’s search for their Holy Grail. Read More ›
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Origin Stories — RNA, DNA, and a Dose of Imagination

Forever lacking are the key elements required for life: coordinated activity, coherent function, regulated control, meaningful information, purposeful intent. Read More ›
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Book Excerpt: A Factory That Builds Factories That Build Factories That…

“How close are we to understanding the origin of life?” a radio moderator asked atheist biologist Richard Dawkins. Read More ›
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Photo: Hydrothermal vents, where some theories hypothesize that life originated, by NOAA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

On the Origin of Life, Here Is My Response to Jeremy England

The most promising candidate for a “natural engine” is proton flows across thermal vents that theoretically could generate high-energy molecules. Read More ›
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Inference Article Demonstrates Implausibility of Natural Processes for Explaining the Origin of Life

The piece is highly technical and mathematical, but the basic argument can be quickly summarized with only a marginal loss of technical accuracy.   Read More ›
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Before Natural Selection There Was, and Remains, a Mystery

Bradley and Marks offer an uncommonly clear discussion of the problem of the early Earth’s atmosphere, and why materialist theories stumble on the ancient rocks. Read More ›
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Origin of Life, Public Education, and Religious Neutrality

In a series of lectures and articles, organic chemist James Tour has exposed how research related to the origin of life (OOL) has been scandalously misrepresented to the public. Read More ›
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A “False Narrative” on Origin of Life Research?

Protesting such a thing, not protesting against the people who protest against it, should be the norm, not the rare exception. Read More ›
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Image source: Illustra Media, from Origin: Design, Chance, and the First Life on Earth.

Latest Acts in the Origin-of-Life Circus

Leading lights in origin-of-life research share their work and thoughts in a series of open-access articles about chemical evolution. Read More ›
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The Origin of Life: Dangers of Taking Research Claims at Face Value

All simulations that purport to be breakthroughs in origins problems follow the same pattern. Read More ›

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