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Considering “Abiogenesis,” an Imaginary Term in Science

In the 17th century, medical pioneer Sir William Harvey and Italian scientist Francesco Redi both proved the untenability of spontaneous generation. Read More ›
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Zombie Science: Miller-Urey Experiment Is Back from the Dead, Barely

Scientifically speaking, the Miller experiment was a non-starter. Then when the atmosphere they used was called into question, the icon was doubly dead. Read More ›
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Photo: Chemistry flasks, by David Mulder via Flickr (cropped).

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

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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Randy Isaac’s Critique Demonstrates his Faith-Based Approach to Science  

Members of the evolutionary community believe that philosophical commitments supersede evidence and reason. Read More ›
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Randy Isaac’s Critique Demonstrates the Power of Philosophical Bias

Future scientists are taught to interpret the world through a rigid conceptual grid. Read More ›
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Long Story Short — A Strikingly Unnatural Property of Biopolymers

Scientists have been trying for decades to get monomers to link up into biopolymers under “prebiotically plausible conditions.” Read More ›
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Frankenstein
Image: Illustration from Frankenstein, 1922, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Google books) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Myths, Monsters, and Life’s Elusive First Step

The notion that the building blocks of life were easily gotten may have seemed intuitive to journalists and others acquainted with Mary Shelley’s novel. Read More ›
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Meyer, Robinson: Yes, Reason and Materialism CAN Be Separated

The great question behind Steve Meyer's new book is whether world-views can be objectively tested. Read More ›
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Great Expectations: Origins in Science Education

How ironic then that a majority of college-educated adults have been led so far astray in their understanding of the sobering realities of abiogenesis research. Read More ›
Miracle of the Cell
Miracle of the Cell
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Atomic Miracles: On Denton’s Latest

Paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson once declared that “man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind.” Read More ›

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