Tag: nucleotides

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 16, 2025

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, BioCosmos, biomolecules, building blocks, C. James, cells, diffusion, diffusion coefficient, dipeptide, discovery time, half-life, intelligent agent, intelligent design, James Tour, M. C. Parker, nucleotides, origin of life, peptide bond, physics, proteins, Rice University, RNA, statistical decay theory, thermodynamics, water}

New Article from James Tour Undermines a Pillar of Origin-of-Life Theories

_{Brian Miller
July 16, 2025

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

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Proteins and RNA degrade at rates that render their spontaneous formation under natural, undirected conditions highly implausible. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 26, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Amazon, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), CHM13, common ancestry, DNA, Financial Times, function, genetic difference, genetics, genomes, Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics, Han Chinese, human exceptionalism, human-human genetic differences, humans, Jared Diamond, Joel Duff, junk DNA, Nature Communications, non-alignable DNA, Nucleic Acids Research, nucleotides, objections, reactions, repetitive DNA, Science (journal), Smithsonian Institution, University of Chicago Press, Zachary Ardern}

Critics Change the Topic: Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter?

_{Casey Luskin
June 26, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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One of the common yet unexpected reactions from critics to the discovery that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different is to change the topic. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 27, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), ape genomes, autosomes, biologists, biology, chimpanzees, chromosomes, common descent, diploidal genome, gap divergence, genome, genomic analysis, genomic differences, haploid, human exceptionalism, human genome, humans, Nature (journal), non-sex chromosomes, nucleotides, Progressive Cactus, Research, sex chromosomes, single nucleotide variations, software, Supplementary Data}

Additional Method of Analysis Confirms Human-Chimp Genomes Are About 15 Percent Different

_{Casey Luskin
May 27, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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This number is only looking at the non-sex chromosomes. When you look at the sex chromosomes, the differences seem to be even greater. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 27, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Ann Gauger, bias, causal circularity, cells, circular reasoning, codons, common ancestor, cysteine, DNA, genetic code, helicase, histidine, mind, natural processes, nucleotides, Phys.org, PNAS, proteins, replication, RNA world, topoisomerase, transcription, translation}

Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Research: Insights from a Recent Study on the Genetic Code

_{Brian Miller
January 27, 2025

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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This study compared sequences of proteins in modern organisms to reconstruct ancestral proteins believed to reside in the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
December 19, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, artificial intelligence, brain, butterflies, creativity, DNA, embryonic development, flowers, folds, information content, large language models, nucleotides, origami, simulations, spinal cord}

Life and Origami: Lessons from the Art of Paper-Folding

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
December 19, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The differences between an origami figure and a living thing are more instructive than their similarities. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
June 26, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, cells, circular causality, complex specified information, DNA, DNA repair, DNA replication, enzymes, evolution, information, intelligent design, Long Story Short, metabolism, mitochondria, Mycoplasma mycoides, nucleotides, proteins, protocells, radiation, repair mechanisms, Ribosome, RNA}

Video: Life Can’t Exist Without Repair Mechanisms, and That’s a Problem for Origin-of-Life Theories

_{Rob Stadler
June 26, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Following the replication of DNA, a daily barrage of DNA damage occurs during normal operating conditions. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, chemical evolution, Darwinian evolution, early Earth, Gerald Joyce, hype, intelligent agency, intelligent design, investigator intervention, James Tour, Lee Cronin, modern cells, natural processes, nucleotides, PNAS, polymerases, Probability Paradox, protocols, replication, ribozymes, Rice University, RNA, RNA world, Steven Benner, Washington Post}

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

_{Brian Miller
April 8, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The lauding of Gerald Joyce’s research is pure hype. His results only further demonstrate the absolute necessity of intelligent agency. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animations, ATP hydrolysis, bacteriophages, DNA, DNA polymerase, DNA polymerases, DNA replication, Drew Berry, E. coli, early Earth, evolution, helicase, hydrogen bonds, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, molecular machines, nanotechnology, naturalism, nucleotides, Oxford University Press, proteins, replisome, RNA, RNA world, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, topoisomerase}

The DNA Replisome: A Paradigm of Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 21, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One can hardly appeal to natural selection to account for the origins of DNA replication without assuming the existence of the thing one seeks to explain. Read More ›

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Author
Carl Linnaeus

Date
January 24, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, adenine, building blocks, cytosine, DNA, Evolution News, guanine, living systems, magnetic field, nucleobases, nucleotides, prebiotic conditions, proteins, ribose, RNA, sugar, thymine, uracil, UV light}

Sunlight on the Puzzle of Prebiotic RNA?

_{Carl Linnaeus
January 24, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In two previous articles, I have argued against the plausibility of generating biologically relevant polymers (proteins, RNA, and DNA) in a prebiotic world. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 11, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Assembly Theory, Brian Miller, carbohydrates, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, debates, Discovery Institute, early Earth, enzymes, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, James Tour, Lee Cronin, lipids, nucleotides, polynucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, Professor Dave, Rice University, RNA, roundtable, side chains, specified information, University of Glasgow}

Another War of Words: Jim Tour and Lee Cronin at Harvard

_{Casey Luskin
January 11, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Tour didn’t shout. He didn’t call anyone an “idiot.” He never called Cronin a “bad chemist.” And Tour’s scientific challenges were entirely reasonable. Read More ›