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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, biomolecules, Brian Miller, Cambridge University, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, Eugene Koonin, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), genetic information, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Jack Szostak, James Tour, life, National Center for Biotechnology Information, New Atheists, Nobel Prize, prebiotic Earth, Richard Dawkins, RNA, Stephen Meyer, Walter Bradley}

An Optimistic Solution to the Mystery of Life’s Origin

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 29, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Consider what five prestigious origin-of-life thinkers say about the current status of origin-of-life research. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 27, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Brian Miller, cells, cellular machinery, chicken-and-egg problem, DNA, enzymes, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), genetic code, information, intelligent agents, Jeremy England, molecular machines, physicists, RNA}

Still Unexplained: The First Living Cell

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 27, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In recent years, MIT physicist Jeremy England has gained media attention for proposing a thermodynamic energy-dissipation model of the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 25, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Casey Luskin, DNA, early Earth, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), Gerald Joyce, intelligent design, nucleotides, prebiotic conditions, proteins, RNA, RNA world, Robert Shapiro, Scientific Reports, Stanley Miller, UC San Diego, Walter Bradley}

Origin of the First Self-Replicating Molecules

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 25, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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For some theorists, the origin of life is defined as the natural origin of a self-replicating system capable of undergoing Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 22, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), hydrothermal vents, Jeffrey Bada, ocean, polymerization, polymers, primordial soup, proteins, RNA, Scientific American, spontaneous generation, Stanley Miller, temperature, TIME}

Forming Polymers: A Problem for the Origin of Life

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 22, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Assume for a moment that there was some way to produce simple organic molecules on the early Earth. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alexander Oparin, Aristotle, biopolymers, building blocks, DNA, Erwin Schrödinger, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), J.B.S. Haldane, Louis Pasteur, Paris, proteins, RNA}

All Living Systems Must Process Energy, Store and Utilize Information, and Replicate

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 20, 2022

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

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Louis Pasteur showed that what appeared to be life springing forth from nonliving matter was actually life emerging from exceedingly small living organisms. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 19, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, building blocks, Charles Darwin, complexity, DNA, electricity, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), grass, James Clerk Maxwell, living systems, Ludwig Boltzmann, mountains, oceans, proteins, RNA, rocks, Second Law of Thermodynamics, simplicity, soil, sugars}

Did Life First Arise by Purely Natural Means?

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 19, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Evolutionary theory and the development of the second law of thermodynamics are two of the three major scientific discoveries of the 19th century. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, DNA, electrostatics, enzymes, evolution, helicase, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, membranes, molecules, mRNA, ncRNAs, PNAS, RNA, transcription, University of Toronto, University of Washington}

The Electric Cell: More Synergy with Physics Found in Cellular Coding

_{David Coppedge
September 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Imaging techniques down to the picometer scale are permitting detection of previously unknown alliances of cellular software with electrostatics and mechanics. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 23, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, aging, ATP synthase, bacteria, biophysicists, catalysis, cells, cilium, DNA, EMBO Journal, Emily Reeves, Evolution News, flagellum, geometry, molecular machines, nanomachines, Nature Communications, RNA, Rubisco, Science (journal), Switzerland, topoisomerases, type III secretion system, UC San Diego, University of Basel, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Yes, a “Host of Machines” Are at Work in the Cell

_{David Coppedge
August 23, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

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Here are more cellular machines to dazzle us with their moving parts and functions. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arabidopsis thaliana, cells, central dogma, Cornell University, genome, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, junk DNA, Mars, non-coding RNAs, Reductionism, RNA, University of Zurich}

Beyond Genes: Biologists Seek Purpose in Unknown Substances, Processes

_{David Coppedge
August 8, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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There’s more going on in DNA and cells than the old Central Dogma predicted. The time has come to look beyond genes. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
July 27, 2022

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ADP, ATP, ATP synthase, batteries, biopolymers, Energy, energy harnessing, evolution, homeostasis, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, lightning, Long Story Short, membranes, natural selection, promissory note, protons, RNA, self-replication, solar panels, sun, sunlight, volcanoes}

High Energy: Long Story Short Addresses “Energy Harnessing” and Life’s Origin

_{Rob Stadler
July 27, 2022

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Everyone knows that maintaining life requires energy, but most do not appreciate the intricate steps required to harness it. Read More ›