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Photo: Walter Bradley at the launch of the Bradley Center, by Nathan Jacobson.

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

Walter Bradley may not be a household name, but in a fair world he would be. He has changed many lives, and the world is a much better place because of him. Read More ›
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Photo: James Tour in a scene from Science Uprising, via Discovery Institute.

Tour, Miller: Cells, and Life, from a Design Perspective

The conversation turns to the challenge and necessity of quickly evolving error-correction mechanisms in origin-of-life scenarios. Read More ›
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Listen: Tour and Miller on the Engines We Can’t Live Without

Also in this surprisingly accessible mix — feedback loops, physicist Jeremy England, and much more. Read More ›
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Photo: James Tour in a scene from Science Uprising, via Discovery Institute.

See It Now: James Tour and Brian Miller on Explaining the Origin of Life

They cover abiogenesis and “Natural Selection of the Gaps,” systems biology, design triangulation, whether life could arise anywhere without design, and more. Read More ›
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Preview: James Tour Asks Brian Miller About Ice, Entropy, and the Origin of Life

Dr. Tour wants to know: "This is the origin of life. How did that first living system form?" Read More ›
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Preview: James Tour, Brian Miller on the Origin of “Data Risk Management” in DNA

If computer scientists build systems like that, and life at the DNA level also incorporates them, for the very same reasons, that’s rather suggestive. Read More ›
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Image credit: Brian Gage.

Life’s Origin — A “Mystery” Made Accessible

If you “listen to the experts,” or anyway some of the experts, cells are “little bags of garbage” and Miller-Urey is a “true simulation of prebiotic chemistry.” Read More ›
Meyer Tour podcast
Meyer Tour podcast
Photo: James Tour interviewing Stephen Meyer.

Origin of Life: Put Your Questions LIVE to Stephen Meyer, James Tour

These two have met in the past and they have a great rapport. The event is free. If you miss the live webinar you can also watch here later. Read More ›
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Galaxy NGC 4907
Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gregg.

Tour, Meyer on the Multiverse, and More

In this third of three episodes with Stephen Meyer, James Tour draws from questions sent in by listeners to his own podcast. Read More ›
Meyer Tour podcast
Meyer Tour podcast
Photo: James Tour interviewing Stephen Meyer.

Tour to Meyer: Make Your Best Case for the Theory of Intelligent Design

James Tour and Stephen Meyer assess an exchange between two physicists about the origin of life, and Tour notes his hesitance about ID. Read More ›

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