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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 17, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aluminum, batteries, COSM 2023, electronics, entrepreneurs, George Gilder, graphene, James Tour, materials science, mice, modernity, Nobel Prize, plastic, plastics, Rice University, spinal cord}

I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Graphene

_{Casey Luskin
November 17, 2023

Medicine, Physical Sciences

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Graphene was first characterized in 2004 when two researchers took graphite and exfoliated individual sheets of graphene using scotch tape. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Big Bang, complexity, creativity, evolution, ID the Future, information theory, intelligent design, James Tour, life, living cell, multiverse, podcast, probability theory, resources, Rice University, synthetic organic chemistry, The Design Inference, universal probability bound, universe, William A. Dembski}

Dembski and Tour: Why Chance Doesn’t Have a Chance

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Proponents of an evolutionary explanation for life and the universe credit natural processes with a seemingly unlimited amount of time and boundless creativity. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, accounting, evolutionary biologists, improbability, information, information theory, James Tour, natural selection, Rice University, Shannon information, shell game, specified information, The Design Inference, The Information Enigma, William A. Dembski}

How Information Runs the Show in Biology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Specified information — when improbability meets a recognizable pattern — demands explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 31, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, biological information, cells, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, deadline, early Earth, enantiomerically pure, experts, glucose, handedness, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, monosaccharides, nucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, Rice University, RNA, sugars, Tova Forman, YouTubers}

On Origin of Life, Chemist James Tour Has Successfully Called These Researchers’ Bluff

_{Brian Miller
October 31, 2023

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

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Tour issued his challenge in reply to the false claims made by YouTubers, like Dave Farina, about how these hurdles to life’s origin had been fully addressed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, Lee Cronin, Rice University, Stephen Meyer, TED talk}

Meyer, Tour: “Molecules Don’t Care About Life!”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Rice University chemist James Tour is still on a roll in showing up the empty boasts of origin-of-life researchers. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 25, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Bruce Lipshutz, challenge, Clemens Richert, Dave Farina, Jack Szostak, James Tour, John Sutherland, judges, Lee Cronin, Nicholas Hud, Professor Dave Explains, Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy, researchers, Rice University, Steve Benner, Twitter, YouTube videos}

Origin of Life: James Tour’s Sensational 60-Day Challenge to Ten Top Researchers

_{David Klinghoffer
August 25, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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I suppose someone could try to explain why the challenge is unfair or not relevant to the field. That would be very difficult to do. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, biochemists, Bruce Lipshutz, Dave Farina, ID the Future, James Tour, peptides, podcast, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, researchers, Rice University, science educators, Stephen Meyer, UC Santa Barbara, water, YouTube videos, YouTubers}

Meyer and Tour Complete Four-Part Seminar on Origin of Life: Will Professor Dave Watch?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

5}

If Professor Dave watched to the end, he would have to confront the fact that he deceptively conscripted biochemist Bruce Lipshutz as an expert witness. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 23, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Bruce Lipshutz, chemical evolution, Dave Farina, early Earth, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, peptides, prebiotic Earth, Rice University, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, water}

Hands-On Chemistry Can’t Simulate Prebiotic Earth

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 23, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Says Dr. Meyer, “Even the modest movement they get towards life seems to be intelligently designed at each step of the way." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, autocatalysis, Brian Miller, chemical evolution, Dallas Science and Faith Conference, Dave Farina, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, James Tour, Joe Rogan Experience, Jonathan Wells, Lee Cronin, lipids, Professor Dave Explains, researchers, Rice University, Scientific Evidence for a Creator, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, undirected process}

Stephen Meyer: Smoke, Mirrors, and the Origin of Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 2, 2023

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

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Have scientists made life in a laboratory? Two-thirds of the public think the answer is yes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 31, 2023

Categories
Origin of Life
Tagged
, cheating, chemical evolution, Dave Farina, debates, James Tour, junk science, Lee Cronin, origin of life, Professor Dave Explains, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, Scientific Evidence for a Creator, Stephen Meyer}

“Suspect Science”: Stephen Meyer and James Tour Bring Clarity on the Origin of Life

_{David Klinghoffer
July 31, 2023

Origin of Life

2}

Helpfully, Meyer stops Tour again and again and asks for clarification of scientific terms and concepts that might not be obvious to all viewers. Read More ›