Tag: experiments

Single strand ribonucleic acid, RNA research and therapy

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 19, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Cambridge, candor, chemical evolution, chemical processes, early Earth, Edoardo Gianni, England, experiments, intelligent agent, intelligent design, James Tour, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, nucleotide chains, nucleotides, origin of life, physical processes, primer, protocell, QT45, reagents, RNA, RNA replicator, RNA world, Rob Stadler, Science (journal), water}

Yet Another Demonstration that Life’s Origin Required an Intelligent Agent

_{Brian Miller
February 19, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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James Tour and Rob Stadler explain why an RNA even remotely similar to QT45 could never have formed on the early Earth. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 19, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, accidents, car, Center for Science and Culture, Colin Wright, common sense, computer, constraints, Discovery Institute Press, endorsements, evidence, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionists, experiments, human body, humans, misuse, Nathan Jacobson, Nathan Lents, Stephen Meyer, Stuart Burgess, technology, TIME, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol}

The Human Body’s “Ultimate Engineering”: New Book Available for Pre-Order Now

_{David Klinghoffer
January 19, 2026

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Evolution prompts us to expect in our bodies a grab bag of botched experiments conducted by blind, purposeless natural groping. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 23, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brazil, carbohydrates, cell membranes, chemistry, chemists, coacervates, Discovery Institute Academy, early Earth, enzymes, Evolution News, experiments, Kristin Marais, Le Chatelier’s principle, Marcos Eberlin, molecular machines, origin of life, polymerization, prebiotic synthesis experiments, protocells, São Paulo, South America}

Postcard from São Paulo: Design Evidence from High School Chemistry

_{Casey Luskin
July 23, 2025

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Kristin Marais spoke about “How to Make Chemistry Fun by Teaching Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life.” Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 27, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, data, eclipse, experiments, solar eclipse, totality}

A Crowd-Sourced Solar Eclipse Experiment

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 27, 2024

Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The Sensor Logger phone app can record and store the readings from any combination of your phone’s sensors. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, assumptions, Cambridge University, chemical evolution, Darwinian evolution, Dave Farina, early Earth, experiments, James Tour, John Sutherland, podcast, RNA, RNA world, Steven Benner}

Origin of Life: Cambridge Astrochemist Paul Rimmer Analyzes the Tour-Farina Debate

_{Brian Miller
July 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The differing perspectives of Tour and Rimmer result from the differences in their starting assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
April 13, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
History of Science
Mathematics
Tagged
, Age of Reason, Christianity, conflict myth, Euclid, experiments, flat earth, Galileo Galilei, history, Jerry Coyne, Johannes Kepler, medicine, medieval Church, Medieval science, Middle Ages, Myth of the Dark Ages, Oxford University, Ptolemy, Roger Bacon, Roman Catholic, Saint Augustine, science and religion, Warfare Thesis}

Rumors of War and Evidence of Peace Between Science and Christianity

_{Mike Keas
April 13, 2023

Astronomy, Faith & Science, History of Science, Mathematics

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The institution in which most scholars investigated natural motion is also noteworthy — the university. This invention began with the University of Bologna. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 27, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Lyell, complex and specified information, CSI, experiments, geologists, information, intelligence, intelligent agents, intelligent cause, intelligent design, mind, natural selection, nature, specified complexity, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), undirected process, William A. Dembski}

Outlining Intelligent Design’s Positive Argument

_{Casey Luskin
April 27, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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To borrow geologist Charles Lyell’s words, intelligent agency is a cause “now in operation” that can be studied in the world around us. Read More ›

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Date
January 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, atmosphere, biology textbooks, early Earth, Eric Anderson, experiments, Harold Urey, ID the Future, Jonathan Wells, Miller-Urey experiment, podcast, Stanley Miller, textbooks, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Chicago}

A New Flaw in the Miller-Urey Experiment, and a Few Old Ones

_{Science and Culture
January 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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It is an interesting finding, but as Wells explains, it is far from the first problem discovered with the experiment, nor the most serious one. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
August 17, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Brian Miller, building blocks, carbohydrates, carbon dioxide, Casey Luskin, experiments, heart disease, Le Chatelier’s principle, lipids, Long Story Short, nucleotides, prebiotic Earth, reagents, researchers, Stanley Miller, The Stairway to Life, YouTube videos}

New “Long Story Short” Video Delivers a Dose of Reality on Origin-of-Life Research

_{Rob Stadler
August 17, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In the time of the early Earth, Airgas, the supplier from which the researchers obtained their materials, was not around. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
April 18, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Eric Anderson, Every Life Is on Fire, experiments, ID the Future, Jeremy England}

Brian Miller on Life, Thermodynamics, and Jeremy England

_{Jonathan Witt
April 18, 2021

Evolution, Origin of Life

1}

While England’s laboratory work is fascinating, what’s happening in his experiments differs dramatically from what is required of even the simplest life Read More ›