Tag: peptide bond

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post

Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 16, 2025

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, BioCosmos, biomolecules, building blocks, cells, diffusion, intelligent agent, intelligent design, James Tour, nucleotides, origin of life, peptide bond, physics, proteins, Rice University, RNA, thermodynamics, water}

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

_{Brian Miller
July 16, 2025

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

5}

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

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, assembly, atoms, BIO-Complexity, biosignatures, blueprint, cell death, complexity, crystals, fingers, Lee Cronin, Leslie Orgel, molecules, Nature (journal), peptide bond, Professor Dave, Santa Fe Institute, Sara Walker, The Origins of Life, theoretical biology}

Disassembling Lee Cronin’s Assembly Theory

_{William A. Dembski
July 26, 2024

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

35}

When I read the Assembly Theory literature and studied the details of the theory, I was frankly shocked to see how devoid it is of substance and insight. Read More ›

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Author
Carl Linnaeus

Date
August 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, asteroid, enzymes, evaporation, homochirality, minerals, peptide bond, polymers, polypeptides, ribose, RNA}

Origin of Life: The Challenge of Achieving Homochirality with Mineral Surfaces

_{Carl Linnaeus
August 10, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

7}

There are sound counterarguments to the plethora of schemes that OOL researchers devise in trying to account for how life could have emerged abiotically. Read More ›

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Date
August 29, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, amino acids, ATP synthase, bacterial flagellum, cryo-electron microscopy, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian mechanism, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, kinesin, Michael Behe, molecular motor, peptide bond, proteins, Richard Dawkins, Science (journal)}

Molecular Motor Threads a Spiral Staircase

_{Science and Culture
August 29, 2019

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design

11}

Get acquainted with another irreducibly complex molecular motor. This one is a master at unfolding proteins. Its method is ingenious. Read More ›

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post

Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 13, 2017

Categories
Biochemistry
Geophysics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __nedited, amino acids, ATP, early Earth, earthquake, Energy, energy converter, engine, entropy, enzymes, information, intelligence, Jeremy England, kinetic energy, peptide bond, proteins, sunlight, thermodynamics, V.J. Torley}

The Origin of Life: Correcting Common Mistakes on Thermodynamics

_{Brian Miller
December 13, 2017

Biochemistry, Geophysics, Origin of Life

8}

The driving tendencies in nature on the early Earth would have been analogous to seismic tremors rearranging the books in the library. Read More ›