Tag: polymers

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
March 4, 2024

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, bacterium, complexity, Darwinian evolution, DNA, E. coli, evolvability, information, information theory, intelligent design, Kolmogorov complexity, Kolmogorov information, Leslie Orgel, life, molecules, polymers, probability, Robert J. Marks II, Shannon information, specification, Specified Complexity Made Simple (series), The Origins of Life, Winston Ewert}

Orgelian Specified Complexity

_{William A. Dembski
March 4, 2024

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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I have presented Orgel’s account of specified complexity so readers can decide which they prefer, Orgel’s or the one described in this series. 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, chiral centers, chromatography, enzymes, evaporation, glycine, heating, homochirality, minerals, oligopeptides, organic compounds, peptide bond, polymers, polypeptides, prebiotic world, ribose, RNA}

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

_{Carl Linnaeus
August 10, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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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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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Alexander Vilenkin, atheism, Avi Loeb, character assassination, Charles Lineweaver, Christoph Adami, Darwin-skeptics, Dave Farina, David Berlinski, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, enzymes, evolution, genetic fallacy, Ian Tattersall, Inference (journal), James Shapiro, James Tour, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Jeremy England, Lawrence Krauss, Lee Cronin, Martin Rees, Noam Chomsky, polymers, polynucleotides, polypeptides, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, Richard Dawkins, RNA, specified information, The Workhorse of the Cell}

James Tour Focused on Science, Dave Farina on Character Assassination: So, Who Wins?

_{Casey Luskin
May 24, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Professor Dave’s attacks undercut his credibility as a spokesman for his own view. If he had the truth on his side, there’s no reason he would behave this way. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 22, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), hydrothermal vents, Jeffrey Bada, ocean, polymerization, polymers, primordial soup, proteins, RNA, Scientific American, seawater, spontaneous generation, Stanley Miller, temperature, TIME}

Forming Polymers: A Problem for the Origin of Life

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 22, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

5}

Assume for a moment that there was some way to produce simple organic molecules on the early Earth. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 21, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, beetles, biosphere, Coleoptera, environmental DNA, ETH Zurich, foresight, Lepidoptera, Michael Denton, microbes, plastics, pollutants, pollution, polyethylene, polymers, potassium, The Miracle of Man, UC Riverside, University of Queensland}

Foresight in the Biosphere: Lowly Organisms Help Rescue the Planet from Pollution

_{David Coppedge
July 21, 2022

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

6}

Need technology to fight the effects of technology? Look instead to living things that already have solutions. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
February 19, 2021

Categories
Origin of Life
Science Education
Tagged
, abiogenesis, atmosphere, college students, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, early Earth, education, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, high school students, information, James Tour, Miller-Urey experiment, molecular machines, Myth of the Dark Ages, polymers, primordial soup, ribosomes, RNA world, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

Great Expectations: Origins in Science Education

_{Eric H. Anderson
February 19, 2021

Origin of Life, Science Education

4}

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 ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 15, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, chemists, Denis Lamoureux, DNA, Goldilocks, Harvard University, heat, hydrothermal vents, James Tour, Jeffrey Bada, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, John Sutherland, Lawrence Krauss, monomers, Nature (journal), nucleotides, Peter Ward, polymers, RNA, Stanley Miller, Stephen Meyer, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, UV radiation, water}

Nature Article Admits Unanswered Origin-of-Life Questions, Exposing Broken Promises of ID Critics

_{Casey Luskin
February 15, 2021

Evolution, Origin of Life

10}

In 2016, physicist Lawrence Krauss promised, “We’re coming very close” to explaining the origin of life via chemical evolutionary models. Read More ›

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Date
May 29, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, American Chemical Society, biologists, Biomimetics, biomimicry, butterfly wings, China, coral, Duke University, engineers, fish scales, geckos, Georgia Tech, intelligent design, Johns Hopkins University, leaf, leaves, materials science, nanowires, New Scientist, polymers, telescopes}

Applied Intelligent Design: Engineers Know Engineering When They See It

_{Science and Culture
May 29, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

The adhesive properties of gecko toe pads, based on atomic van der Waals attraction, have been understood for years now. Read More ›

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Date
January 7, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, Charles Darwin, chemical evolution, chirality, Clemens Richert, Darwinism, DNA, early Earth, enzymes, Georgia Tech, Joseph Hooker, Leslie Orgel, Nature Communications, Nicholas Hud, nucleotides, plausibility, polymers, RNA, Steven Benner, Susan Mazur, The Origin of Life Circus, University of Florida}

Latest Acts in the Origin-of-Life Circus

_{Science and Culture
January 7, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

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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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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 3, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, early Earth, hydrothermal vents, interplanetary dust particles, meteorites, Miller-Urey experiment, nucleobases, ozone, polymers, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, RNA world}

Warm Little Pond? PNAS Paper Admits Difficulties Generating RNA on Prebiotic Earth

_{Casey Luskin
October 3, 2017

Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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“Warm little ponds,” in Darwin's quaint expression, are actually very hostile environments for generating nucleotides. Read More ›