Tag: RNA world

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 6, 2026

Categories
Mathematics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, biology, Christoph Adami, Conservation of Information, encoded information, evolution, functional sequences, information, intelligent design, mathematics, monkeys, monomers, origin of life, random chance, RNA world, Scrabble, The Evolution of Biological Information, William A. Dembski, William Shakespeare}

Origin of Life: The Fundamental Challenge

_{Winston Ewert
September 6, 2026

Mathematics, Origin of Life

5}

But what if instead of keyboards, the familiar monkeys were drawing Scrabble tiles? Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 1, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, AAAS, American Association for the Advancement of Science, amino acids, cells, cellular metabolism, chemical reactions, chemists, DNA, early Earth, Energy, energy production, failed models, information processing, investigators, mind, nanozymes, nucleotide chains, origin of life, overinterpretation, particles, peptides, photosynthesis, polymerization, Protein World, proteins, Research (journal), RNA, RNA world, self-replicating RNA, thermodynamics, Yongdong Jin}

Nonsense with “Nanozymes”: New Origin-of-Life Theory Fails to Impress

_{Brian Miller
September 1, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

4}

Yongdong Jin proposes that microscopic particles, which he terms nanozymes, orchestrated many of the major steps in the synthesis of the first cell. Read More ›

Single strand ribonucleic acid, RNA research and therapy

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 19, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Cambridge, candor, chemical evolution, chemical processes, early Earth, Edoardo Gianni, England, experiments, intelligent agent, intelligent design, James Tour, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, nucleotide chains, nucleotides, origin of life, physical processes, primer, protocell, QT45, reagents, RNA, RNA replicator, RNA world, Rob Stadler, Science (journal), water}

Yet Another Demonstration that Life’s Origin Required an Intelligent Agent

_{Brian Miller
February 19, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

6}

James Tour and Rob Stadler explain why an RNA even remotely similar to QT45 could never have formed on the early Earth. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 15, 2026

Categories
Chemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, cellular complexity, censorship, COVID-19 vaccines, Edward Peltzer, evolution, evolutionary paradigm, geomolecules, goalposts, ID the Future, molecules, ocean chemistry, origin of life, podcast, prebiotic Earth, prebiotic synthesis, reactive chemicals, reducing atmosphere, RNA, RNA world, volcanic gases}

Dr. Edward Peltzer: The Messy Reality of Prebiotic Chemistry

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 15, 2026

Chemistry, Origin of Life

3}

The interview explores the professional risks faced by scientists who question the standard evolutionary paradigm. Read More ›

Young boy and chimpanzee, both with open mouths in excitement or surprise, side by outdoor setting

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ancient Greece, cells, chimpanzees, China, civilizations, complexity, David Berlinski, evolutionists, human origins, ID the Future, Judeo-Christian tradition, life, mathematicians, non-life, origin of life, RNA, RNA world, Science After Babel, Stephen Jay Gould, Western Europe}

David Berlinski on Human-Chimp Differences, Human Origins, Origin of Life, and More

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 29, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

He challenges Stephen Jay Gould’s idea that the difference between humans and chimps is merely one of degree but not kind, calling this “utterly ridiculous.” Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 20, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, advice, Alexander Oparin, amino acids, Baltimore, biopolymers, building blocks, chemistry, DNA, education, extraterrestrial life, geology, Harold Urey, homochirality, hydrothermal vents, Jeffrey Bada, Mars, ocean chemistry, organic chemistry, origin of life, prebiotic conditions, proteins, public school, RNA, RNA world, Roman Catholicism, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, solar system, Stanley Miller, sugars, theistic evolution, UC San Diego, University of Chicago, University of Heidelberg}

Interview with Edward Peltzer on the Origin of Life

_{William A. Dembski
August 20, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

70}

A student of Stanley Miller and Jeffrey Bada explains the failure of materialistic origin-of-life scenarios. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 27, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Ann Gauger, bias, causal circularity, cells, circular reasoning, codons, common ancestor, cysteine, DNA, genetic code, helicase, histidine, mind, natural processes, nucleotides, Phys.org, PNAS, proteins, replication, RNA world, topoisomerase, transcription, translation}

Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Research: Insights from a Recent Study on the Genetic Code

_{Brian Miller
January 27, 2025

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

6}

This study compared sequences of proteins in modern organisms to reconstruct ancestral proteins believed to reside in the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 27, 2024

Categories
Origin of Life
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", coacervates, code, evolution, George Washington Carver, hydrothermal vents, James Tour, Joana Xavier, metabolism, Michael Faraday, Nick Lane, Paul Nelson, Perry Marshall, primordial soup, Professor Dave, publish or perish, RNA world, Robert Boyle, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur}

No. 6 Story of 2024: Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

_{David Coppedge
December 27, 2024

Origin of Life

13}

The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. 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

11}

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

3}

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 ›