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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

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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
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 ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 2, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, children, College Physics, common science, computer simulation, computers, David Klinghoffer, evolution, fundamental forces, humans, intelligent design, James Tour, materialistic science, Mathematical Intelligencer, mathematicians, Michael Kent, natural phenomena, Peter Urone, physics, Plato's Revenge, quantum mechanics, Rice University, Richard Sternberg, scientific evidence, smart phones, spaceships, supernatural}

Evolution and Common-Sense Reasoning

_{Granville Sewell
June 2, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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The equations of quantum mechanics do not describe exactly — even in theory — the effects of the fundamental forces on the fundamental particles of physics. Read More ›

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Author
Otangelo Grasso

Date
December 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Brian Miller, building blocks, calculations, chance, jackpot, James Tour, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Long Story Short, metabolism, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Phys.org, Powerball, proteins, proteome, protocells, Quanta Magazine, Rice University, RNA world, self-organization, University of North Carolina}

Let’s Throw Mathematical Light on the Origin of Life

_{Otangelo Grasso
December 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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If researchers really were making progress, wouldn’t that mean they would be converging on the same truth? Yet they are not. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Ben Shapiro, Darwin's Doubt, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, James Tour, methodological naturalism, multiverse, Peter Robinson, podcast, Rice University, RNA world, Stephen Meyer, The Daily Wire, Uncommon Knowledge}

Stephen Meyer and Ben Shapiro on the Origin of Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 18, 2024

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Dr. Meyer explains how the OOL field reached an impasse by the 1980s as chemists learned just how thorny the origin of life problem really was. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, ancient world, Bronze Age, chemical evolution, DNA, intelligent design, James Tour, materialistic science, Peter Robinson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge}

“Beyond Evolution”: Where James Tour and Stephen Meyer Disagree

_{David Klinghoffer
August 5, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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When you plant an inert, seemingly dead thing — a seed — in the ground, and it grows to be a flower, what has just happened? Life has happened. But why? Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
July 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, airplanes, beetles, Brian Josephson, Charles Darwin, consciousness, creativity, David Klinghoffer, degradation, encyclopedias, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, libraries, Michael Behe, Nobel Prize, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, Stephen Meyer, The Guardian, The Mathematical Intelligencer, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Introduction to the Scientific Theory of Intelligent Design

_{Granville Sewell
July 1, 2024

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Darwin’s implausible explanation for evolution has become more and more implausible with every new biological and biochemical discovery. 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, natural processes, nucleotides, PNAS, polymerases, 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
Brian Miller

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, alcohol, Assembly Theory, Craig Venter, drinking, Harvard University, hype, James Tour, King’s College London, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Lee Cronin, LUCA, natural processes, negligence, Rice University, scientific community, University of Glasgow}

James Tour Offers Three-Year Challenge to Lee Cronin to Demonstrate Legitimacy of Assembly Theory

_{Brian Miller
March 21, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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After Tour publicly quoted Cronin’s assessment of the field, Cronin responded by claiming he was speaking “tongue-in-cheek.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
February 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, dogmatism, evolution, history, intelligent design, Luther College, On the Origin of Species, religion, Rice University, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, Steve Fuller, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, University of Warwick}

For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff

_{Jonathan Witt
February 12, 2024

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished. Read More ›