Tag: Rice University

Business man afraid of his own shadow monster concept

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 14, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Andrew Knoll, anxieties, Biomimetics, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, chemical evolution, debates, Earth and Life, Enceladus, evolutionary icons, evolutionists, Faculty Club, Fear of Finding Out, Fear of Missing Out, Fear of Validating Outsiders, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, heretics, Howard Glicksman, human body, ignorance, intelligent design, James Tour, Lee Cronin, Lucy Hyde, Michael Denton, phobias, poor design, Privileged Planet, Rasoul Sorkhabi, Rice University, scholarship, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, Texas A&M University, The Conversation, Titan, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, Your Amazing Body, Zombie Science}

Darwinists Afflicted by Fear of Validating Outsiders

_{David Coppedge
May 14, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Fear of validating opposition to materialism diminishes the scholarship of some scientific publications. Their authors need to get a grip. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Armin Moczek, biochemistry, BioCosmos, children, Christianity for Doubters, civilizations, College Physics, computers, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwin’s Doubt, David Snoke, engineering, Eric Anderson, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, eyes, Field Museum of Natural History, Foresight (book), George Gaylord Simpson, humans, intelligent design, James Tour, John von Neumann, Marcos Eberlin, mathematicians, Michael Behe, Nobel Prize, origin of life, Peter Urone, phones, reproduction, Rice University, Robotica, self-reproduction, simplicity, spaceships, The Story of Everything}

Four Major Questions for Materialists

_{Granville Sewell
April 29, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Let’s look at the long, complicated counterargument of the materialists to see if we can find the errors or unverified points. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 23, 2026

Categories
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abiogenesis, blobs, Brandon McGuire, chemical assembly, chemical decay, chemical evolution, Daily Dose of Wisdom, documentary, early Earth, intelligent design, James Tour, origin of life, replicator, Rice University, simplification, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, tickets, Veritasium, YouTube videos}

Meyer: Time Is the Archenemy of an Unguided Origin of Life

_{David Klinghoffer
April 23, 2026

Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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A video claims to show how the unguided origin of life is easy to envision, involving random chemical “blobs” forming into a replicator, given enough time. Read More ›

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Date
March 23, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, beauty, biologists, bit string, cellular life, Charles Darwin, cosmos, David Berlinski, digital information, DNA, Eric Esau, Fathom Entertainment, fine-tuning, Francis Crick, human interference, intelligent design, James Watson, laboratory equipment, living cell, mid-century modern, miracle, molecular machines, New York Times, origin of life, philosophers, proteins, Rice University, Richard Sternberg, scientific discoveries, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theaters, tickets, Timothy McGrew, truth, universe, wonder}

The Information Enigma and Gratuitous Beauty: In Theaters on April 30

_{Science & Culture
March 23, 2026

Faith & Science, Genetics, Intelligent Design

4}

It's intelligent design as you've never seen it before. Find inspiration, and share it with friends and family. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
February 4, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, adenine, biochemists, E. coli, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fitness, fossil record, gene, gene transcription, genes, genetics, genotype, homology, information, James Tour, lactose, Michael Behe, natural selection, promoter, random mutations, regulatory control, researchers, Rice University, S. cerevisiae, tryptophan, W303, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series), yeast, YouTube videos}

On Evolution, Here Is What We Can Believe with High Confidence

_{Rob Stadler
February 4, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Genetics

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In a pair of YouTube videos, Rice University chemist James Tour and I reviewed more than ten recent studies of experimental evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
January 14, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, clinical evidence, confidence, evidence, evolution, experimental evidence, experimental evolution studies, experimental studies, fossil record, innovation, James Tour, medicine, Rice University, scientific evidence, scientific fields}

With James Tour, I Have Been Assessing the Evidence for Evolutionary Innovation

_{Rob Stadler
January 14, 2026

Biology, Evolution

2}

The evidence that is most often presented in support of evolution (i.e., the fossil record and homology) fails to meet the criteria for providing confidence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 26, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, __recommended, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, computer vision, fossil record, holotype, hominids, Homo (genus), Homo erectus, Homo habilis, human origins, humans, hunting, IFL Science, Olduvai Gorge, Rice University, taphonomy}

Not a “Turning Point”: Study Finds Homo habilis Was Hunted as Prey

_{Casey Luskin
September 26, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The proposals of this study are very consistent with what we have long argued here. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Doubt, digital code, DNA, Hoover Institution, James Tour, Miller-Urey experiment, origin of life, Peter Robinson, primordial soup, Rice University, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge, Watson and Crick}

The Unsolved Mystery of Life’s Origin: Stephen Meyer and James Tour

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 4, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

3}

How did life originate? For decades, many scientists clung to “primordial soup” models. Read More ›

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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
John G. West

Date
July 9, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Africa, Baylor University, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, faith and science, For a Greater Purpose, James Tour, NASA, Rice University, Robert J. Marks II, Texas A&M University, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, William A. Dembski, William Lane Craig}

Walter Bradley’s Wonderful Life — Scientist, Humanitarian, ID Proponent

_{John G. West
July 9, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Bradley changed many, many lives, and the world is a much better place because of him. Read More ›