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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
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP hydrolysis, bacteriophages, DNA, DNA polymerase, DNA replication, Drew Berry, E. coli, early Earth, evolution, helicase, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, molecular machines, nanotechnology, naturalism, nucleotides, Oxford University Press, proteins, RNA, RNA world, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, topoisomerase}

The DNA Replisome: A Paradigm of Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 21, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One can hardly appeal to natural selection to account for the origins of DNA replication without assuming the existence of the thing one seeks to explain. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 28, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Ecology
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", anesthesia, astrobiology, Biomimetics, blood, blood vessels, circulation, coacervates, conservation, genes, George Washington Carver, heart, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, James Tour, Joana Xavier, Johannes Kepler, Leslie Orgel, memory, methodological naturalism, Michael Faraday, mRNA vaccines, Murchison meteorite, Nick Lane, paradigm shift, Paul Nelson, proteins, reverse-engineering, RNA world, Robert Boyle, Robert Shapiro, scientific revolution, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, Systems Biology, University College London, veins, William Harvey}

From Nature, a Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

_{David Coppedge
February 28, 2024

Biochemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy of Science

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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
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Bayesian reasoning, chemical evolution, DNA, error catastrophe, ID the Future, Jonathan McLatchie, natural selection, naturalism, podcast, RNA world, self-replication}

Another Headache for the RNA World Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Before a trial and error process like natural selection can even get started, self-replicating molecules must have a minimal accuracy rate. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
September 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, base pairs, Bayesian reasoning, BioCosmos, causal circularity, DNA, first life, intelligent design, Jack Szostak, likelihood ratio, mutations, proteins, ribozymes, RNA, RNA world, self-replication, Sy Garte, teleology}

First Life Must Have Had a Minimally Reliable Replication System — A Conundrum for Materialists

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 14, 2023

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

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On a design-based view, it is not particularly surprising that the first life would be finely optimized to reduce copying errors. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, assumptions, Cambridge University, chemical evolution, Darwinian evolution, Dave Farina, early Earth, experiments, James Tour, John Sutherland, podcast, RNA, RNA world, Steven Benner}

Origin of Life: Cambridge Astrochemist Paul Rimmer Analyzes the Tour-Farina Debate

_{Brian Miller
July 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The differing perspectives of Tour and Rimmer result from the differences in their starting assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 24, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, building blocks, Dave Farina, disinformation, early Earth, James Tour, Lee Cronin, Nature (journal), nucleotides, polymerization, polypeptides, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, RNA, RNA world, Robert Shapiro, Steven Benner, water}

Professor Dave in His “Debate” with James Tour Showcases the Art of Citation Bluffing

_{Brian Miller
May 24, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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When Farina addressed the science, he rifled through a long series of technical articles, but greatly exaggerated their relevance. Read More ›

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Date
May 15, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blind processes, chemical evolution, Eric Anderson, intelligent design, Long Story Short, PNAS, ribozymes, RNA, RNA world, Rob Stadler, self-replication, YouTube videos}

Could Blind Forces Build a Self-Replicating Molecule?

_{Science & Culture
May 15, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Rob Stadler and Eric Anderson examine a recent paper on the origin of life, “An RNA Polymerase Ribozyme that Synthesizes Its Own Ancestor.” Read More ›

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Author
Carl Linnaeus

Date
May 4, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, asteroids, biopolymers, building blocks, carbon, chemical evolution, DNA, early Earth, extraterrestrials, James Tour, lipids, Live Science, Nature Communications, nucleobases, panspermia, phosphate, proteins, Rice University, RNA, RNA world, Science (journal), Science and Faith in Dialogue, solar system, uracil}

Uracil Discovered on Asteroid Ryugu — What Does It Mean for the Origin of Life?

_{Carl Linnaeus
May 4, 2023

Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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These Ryugu samples appear to be our first chance to examine which organic compounds may be produced in a prebiotic setting in our solar system. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
May 1, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, animation, classrooms, education, Gerald Joyce, Long Story Short, materialism, NASA, National Science Foundation, Next Generation Science Standards, nucleotides, prebiotic Earth, researchers, RNA, RNA world, self-replication, Stated Clearly, YouTube videos}

Long Story Short Debunks Another Tall Tale of Self-Replication

_{Rob Stadler
May 1, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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While posing as an educational video with scientific authority, this offering from Stated Clearly conveniently sweeps well-established science under the rug. Read More ›