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A “False Narrative” on Origin of Life Research?

Protesting such a thing, not protesting against the people who protest against it, should be the norm, not the rare exception. Read More ›
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Photo: Lehigh University campus, by IR393DEME [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 2

Lang and Rice cite a number of articles to show that loss-of-function mutations are just a small minority of those found in studies of organisms. Read More ›
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proteome
Photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash.

Proteome Is Analogous to Language

A paper likens the proteome to a language with a “quasi-universal grammar” possessing the minimum complexity necessary to function as a cell. Read More ›
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Photo: Christina Cheng, University of Illinois, by L. Brian Stauffer, via EurekAlert!

At Last, the Details of How Proteins Evolve?

It is a difficult question because, setting aside many other problems, the very starting point — the protein-coding gene — is highly complex. Read More ›
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Image source: Illustra Media, from Origin: Design, Chance, and the First Life on Earth.

Latest Acts in the Origin-of-Life Circus

Leading lights in origin-of-life research share their work and thoughts in a series of open-access articles about chemical evolution. Read More ›
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evolution
Photo credit: A display at the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins, Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, by Ryan Somma, via Flickr.

On Human Origins, Smithsonian Teaching Resources Oversell Evolution

Philosophical questions like who we are and where we came from are surely worth considering. But nothing in these documents will bring students closer to being able to do so in an informed manner. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Frog eggs, by Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, FL, USA [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Life Exponential: Life Exhibits Intelligent Design at Many Levels

Complexity (such as we see in a pile of autumn leaves) can arise spontaneously from unguided natural processes, but complex specified information cannot. Read More ›
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Photo: Red Sea Octopus, by prilfish, via Flickr.

More on Alien Octopi: New Paper Admits Failure of Evolution to Explain Life

The complexity and sophistication of life cannot originate from non-biological matter under any scenario, over any expanse of space and time, however vast. Read More ›
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Photo credit: “Jets of organic molecules, and molecular oxygen were found emerging from comet 67P/C-G,” by European Space Agency via Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology.

With New Theory of the Cambrian Explosion, Scientists Reach (Literally) for the Stars

Darwinists will respond with the usual mirthless hyena laughter. But this is no joke. Read More ›

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