The Remarkable Carbon Atom

beryllium, carbon, carbon resonance, elements, energy levels, Fred Hoyle, Geraint Lewis, helium, hydrogen, hydrophobic force, Intelligent Design, life, Luke Barnes, macromolecules, neutrons, nitrogen, nuclear astrophysics, organic molecules, oxygen, Physics, Earth & Space, Primo Levi, protons, Robert E. D. Clark, silicon, universe, William Fowler
This is another one of many countless features of our universe that have to be “just right” for life — in particular, advanced life — to exist. Source
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An Astonishing Life-Friendly Coincidence: The Properties of the Nonmetal Atoms

advanced life, amine, Atheism, biochemistry, biology, carbon, carboxyl, cell's, Charles Tanford, covalent bonds, environmental fitness, hydrogen, hydrophilic force, hydrophobic force, hydroxyl, Intelligent Design, Michael Denton, nitrogen, oxygen, periodic table of elements, Physics, Earth & Space, proteins, teleological arguments, The Miracle of the Cell, theism, universe
It is well established that there are far more ways in which the universe might have been that are non-conducive to life than there are life-friendly ways. Source
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