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Gerald Joyce
Photo: Gerald Joyce, by Salk Institute via EurekAlert! (usage restrictions: with credit and related coverage).

Fact Check: A “Monumental” Breakthrough in Understanding Life’s Origin?

The lauding of Gerald Joyce’s research is pure hype. His results only further demonstrate the absolute necessity of intelligent agency. Read More ›
Steve Benner
Photo: Steve Benner, via Dr. James Tour/YouTube (screenshot).

Jim Tour Unmasks Steve Benner’s Double Standard and Inaccurate Commentary on the Origin of Life

If Benner assessed his experiments by the same standard he applied to others, he would have acknowledged that his attempts have yielded nothing of value. Read More ›
laboratory
Photo credit: Dariusz Bartosik, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Experiments on “Self-Replicating” RNA Indicate the Need for Intelligent Agency in Life’s Origin

Any evolving system of RNAs would quickly include almost exclusively RNAs that performed no biologically useful actions. Read More ›
RNA
Image credit: Vossman/Wikimedia Commons, via Flickr (cropped).

New Article Purports to Help Explain the Origin of the Genetic Code

Without all of the described investigator interventions, a system of replicating RNAs could never emerge or even sustain itself. Read More ›

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