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Photo credit: Radiotrophic fungus, by CDC/Dr. Leanor Haley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

An Origin-of-Life Poser: No Short Cut to Energy-Harnessing

What about reports of a radiotrophic fungus near the Chernobyl nuclear accident that can feed off radiation? Read More ›
Long Story Short
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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 ›
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Taking Leave of Darwin’s Warm Little Pond

Neil Thomas explores some of the cultural influences that primed society to view the leap from non-life to life as easily made. Read More ›
Long Story
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New Episode of “Long Story” Tackles the Origin of Life — Live Premiere on August 17

According to a bedtime story popular with materialists, unguided forces alone can explain the coming into existence of the very first cell. Read More ›
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More on James Tour’s Abiogenesis YouTube Series

Brian Miller discusses the Levinthal paradox of the interactome, the long odds of blind processes assembling the first cell, and the challenge of cell death. Read More ›
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Listen: Tour and Miller on the Engines We Can’t Live Without

Also in this surprisingly accessible mix — feedback loops, physicist Jeremy England, and much more. Read More ›
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See It Now: James Tour and Brian Miller on Explaining the Origin of Life

They cover abiogenesis and “Natural Selection of the Gaps,” systems biology, design triangulation, whether life could arise anywhere without design, and more. Read More ›
Miracle of the Cell
Miracle of the Cell
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Bechly on Denton’s Latest: “Seminal,” a “Milestone in this Ongoing Scientific Revolution”

"In this seminal new book, distinguished biologist Michael Denton takes the fine-tuning argument for intelligent design to a whole new level." Read More ›
Miracle of the Cell
Miracle of the Cell
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Denton “Takes the Fine-Tuning Argument to a Whole New Level”

Given a "primal blueprint" that preceded the first life, the solution can only be intelligent design. Read More ›
Miracle of the Cell
Miracle of the Cell
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Eberlin: “Michael Denton Has Again Sent the Opponents of Cosmic Purpose Scurrying”

"Here we are confronted with definitive findings in favor of a powerful genius who foresaw and precisely orchestrated chemistry as a whole for life." Read More ›

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