Tag: life

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 29, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, astrobiologists, atmosphere, building blocks, Casey Luskin, chemical reactions, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (comet), comet theory, comets, David Coppedge, early Earth, get out of jail free card, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, intelligent direction, life, Lord Kelvin, Mars, materialists, Monopoly (game), organic molecules, origin of life, panspermia, Richard Anslow, Svante Arrhenius, undirected panspermia, University of Cambridge, William Dembski}

Say Goodbye to This Origin-of-Life “Get Out of Jail Free Card”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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It’s good to be able to reflect that proponents of intelligent design have been saying things like this for years. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 16, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, advanced life, atheism, biochemistry, biology, cellular level, Darwin’s Black Box, decision-making, evolution, Goldilocks Zone, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, life, Michael Behe, moral agents, naturalism, nature, non-metal atoms, organic bonds, podcast}

Carbon Atom Is Stunningly Fit to Accommodate Advanced Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 16, 2026

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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Nature doesn’t owe us a life-friendly environment. There are far more ways the universe could have developed that are non-conducive to life. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 8, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, anthropic design, antimatter, antiparticles, Arthur Holly Compton, asymmetries, atoms, Big Bang, conservation laws, conservation of momentum, Emmy Noether, Energy, Ernest Rutherford, Ethan Siegel, fermions, fine-tuning, fundamental forces, interstellar space, intuition, life, mathematicians, matter, meaning, neutrinos, nucleus, particles, physics, planetary orbits, planets, universe}

Conservation Laws and Life: If It Looks Designed, It Is

_{Eric Hedin
October 8, 2026

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

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In the early 20th century, a remarkable discovery came to light that showed a foundational basis for the conservation laws of physics. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 24, 2026

Categories
Origin of Life
Science Reporting
Tagged
, bases, Canada, David Catling, gatekeepers, intelligent agency, Last Chance Lake, Leslie Orgel, life, Maikel Rheinstädter, McMaster University, metabolism, nucleotides, organic compounds, origin of life, origin-of-life researchers, phosphate, phosphate problem, planetary scientists, primitive earth, reporters, ribose, RNA, RNA world, Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, scientific consensus, self-replicating RNA, Stanley Miller, storytelling, The Origins of Life on the Earth, University of Washington, voodoo science, wishful thinking}

On Origin of Life, Scientific American Starts Sober, Quickly Relapses into Speculation

_{Brian Miller
September 24, 2026

Origin of Life, Science Reporting

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A proposal by University of Washington planetary scientist David Catling addresses what origin-of-life researchers call the phosphate problem. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
September 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Matter of Time, agency, agent theory, Amahury J. Lopez-Diaz, biology, Carlos Gershenson, Denis Walsh, environments, Everything Flows, evolutionary biology, evolutionary theory, goal, intelligent design, intentionality, Jaques Monod, life, materialism, means, metaphysics, naturalism, Newtonian physics, objectcy, ontology, repertoire, requirement, science of purpose, scientism, synthetic realization, teleology, thermodynamics, University of Toronto}

Agency as the Emerging Naturalist Paradigm

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 18, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Jaques Monod, along with other champions of 20th-century scientism, was entirely mistaken. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 14, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, architecture, biological systems, biology, cell boundary, cells, chance events, charge gradients, chemical mixture, chemical reactions, chemical transformations, chemistry, complexity, control, control systems, coordinated manufacturing, coordination, emerging system, Energy, energy management, engineering, environmental sources, equilibrium, experiments, feedback regulation, hydrothermal vents, information, information processing, intentions, life, natural engines, natural processes, organization, origin of life, physical forces, proteins, thermodynamics, undirected natural processes}

Why Every Theory of Life’s Origin that Excludes Design Must Fail

_{Brian Miller
September 14, 2026

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

5}

The proposal ceases to be an inference from observations and known physics and becomes an appeal to the absurd. Read More ›

a group of scientists are working in a laboratory

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 8, 2026

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, acids, adaptation, architectural plan, autonomy, catalysts, crystallization, designer, drying, early Earth, Energy, environment, experiments, feedstock, filtration, gases, high-pressure catalytic reactors, high-temperature furnaces, information, intelligent design, life, machinery, manufacturing specifications, Miller-Urey experiment, natural materials, nature, origin of life, pathway to life, purification, reagents, reproduction, Research, self-organizational processes, synthetic chemists, unguided chemistry}

Why Life’s Origin Can Only Be Explained by Design

_{Brian Miller
September 8, 2026

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The reagents of the feedstock are never produced by processes as on the early Earth. Production requires substantial energy and controlled industrial procedures Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 18, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, activists, automobiles, Aztecs, beauty, business, copper, Ecuador, emancipation, environmental regulations, fish, flourishing, government, hares, health, human sacrifice, ideologues, indigenous people, Jan van de Venis, judges, language, lawyers, life, lithium, litigation, Māori, modern life, nature, nature rights, New Zealand, Panama, permit requirements, The Water Diplomat, Whanganui River, zoning}

Using Mild Language to Push Radical Nature Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 18, 2026

Bioethics, Ethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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Nature rights activists seem nice. They are not verbal bomb throwers. Rather, they deploy passive language. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 13, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, Albert Einstein, atoms, Canceled Science, dark energy, Edwin Hubble, Energy, expansion rate, field equations, galaxies, Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay W. Richards, life, light, photons, quantum theory, space, spectroscopic instruments, stars, supernovae, The Privileged Planet, universe}

The Delicate Balance of Dark Energy

_{Eric Hedin
August 13, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

5}

The nature of dark energy brings to light one of the most powerful pieces of evidence for just how special our universe is to support life. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
July 28, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, apes, bad design, Darwin Devolves, devolution, diet, evolution, genetic defects, genetic devolution, health, humans, instructions, intelligent design, jaws, junk food, life, longevity, Lucy Hyde, Michael Behe, misuse, quadrupeds, refined sugar, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), spine, teeth, tooth decay, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, vegetables, wisdom teeth}

Dr. Burgess and Lucy Hyde: Explaining Problems with Wisdom Teeth and Jaw

_{Terrell Clemmons
July 28, 2026

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"Again, she’s assuming that humans have evolved from ape-like quadruped creatures. Most apes have very powerful jaws that are bigger than ours." Read More ›