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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 ›
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Preview: James Tour Asks Brian Miller About Ice, Entropy, and the Origin of Life

Dr. Tour wants to know: "This is the origin of life. How did that first living system form?" Read More ›
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Preview: James Tour, Brian Miller on the Origin of “Data Risk Management” in DNA

If computer scientists build systems like that, and life at the DNA level also incorporates them, for the very same reasons, that’s rather suggestive. Read More ›
MOLO RNA world
Image credit: Brian Gage.

Life’s Origin — A “Mystery” Made Accessible

If you “listen to the experts,” or anyway some of the experts, cells are “little bags of garbage” and Miller-Urey is a “true simulation of prebiotic chemistry.” Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: Till Death Do Us Part

When I was in charge of the Emergency Room at Los Angeles County Hospital, I saw many instances of near-death trauma, yet there was little complaint about pain. Read More ›
Meyer Tour podcast
Meyer Tour podcast
Photo: James Tour interviewing Stephen Meyer.

Origin of Life: Put Your Questions LIVE to Stephen Meyer, James Tour

These two have met in the past and they have a great rapport. The event is free. If you miss the live webinar you can also watch here later. Read More ›
Galaxy NGC 4907
Galaxy NGC 4907
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Tour, Meyer on the Multiverse, and More

In this third of three episodes with Stephen Meyer, James Tour draws from questions sent in by listeners to his own podcast. Read More ›
Meyer Tour podcast
Meyer Tour podcast
Photo: James Tour interviewing Stephen Meyer.

Tour to Meyer: Make Your Best Case for the Theory of Intelligent Design

James Tour and Stephen Meyer assess an exchange between two physicists about the origin of life, and Tour notes his hesitance about ID. Read More ›
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Tour, Meyer: Some Very Hard Problems Facing Origin-of-Life Research

The problems range from the extreme improbabilities associated with protein assembly, to what precisely has gone missing in the nanosecond when a cell dies. Read More ›
Molecules Don’t Care About Life
Molecules Don’t Care About Life
Photo: Screenshot from "Molecules Don’t Care About Life."

James Tour: “Molecules Don’t Care About Life”

Blowing smoke is what science media and even scientists themselves do a great deal of the time when they talk about the origin of life. Read More ›

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