16Jun 2025 by Post

Earth’s Phosphorus Supply Chains Revealed

astrobiologists, ATP, Bodélé Depression, Calypso satellite, Chad, Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service, David Karl, DNA, ecosystems, Evolution, Geology, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hongbin Yu, Hunga-Tonga volcano, hydrothermal vents, Intelligent Design, Kilauea volcano, lighting, membranes, metamorphism, meteor impacts, NASA, Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience, North Pacific, Oregon State, phosphorus, phytoplankton bloom, Sahara Desert, Saharan Air Layer, Sarah Buckland-Reynolds, serpentinization, The Miracle of Man, University of Hawaii, UV rays, volcanism
Without phosphorus, life as we know it could not exist. How does this limiting resource get to the oceans and land?  Source
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27Dec 2024 by Post

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

"God of the gaps", astrobiology programs, coacervates, code, container, Evolution, George Washington Carver, Human Origins, hydrothermal vents, James Joule, James Simpson, James Tour, Joana Xavier, Johannes Kepler, metabolism, Michael Faraday, Nick Lane, Paul Nelson, Perry Marshall, Professor Dave, proteinoid microspheres, RNA world, Robert Boyle, spark-discharge tubes, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, target of selection
The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. Source
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08Feb 2023 by Post

Geneticists Puzzled by Octopus’s Unique Genes: Seem to Have Appeared Out of Nowhere

Alison Abbott, Biomimetics, California two-spot octopus, cephalopods, convergence, cuttlefish, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, Dennis Normile, distributed networks, Evolution, genes, giant squid, hydrothermal vents, Intelligent Design, Living Waters, mimic octopus, molecular clock, Mollusca, narrative gloss, Nature (journal), Nautilus, neo-Darwinian processes, Octopus bimaculoides, Paul Nelson, propulsion, reflectins, Richard Sternberg, soft robots, Stephen Meyer, triumphalism, University of Chicago
“Evolution of novel genes”? Isn’t that the question at hand? Where do novel genes come from? Source
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07Oct 2022 by Post

Game Over? Nick Lane Wants Another Inning

acetyl phosphate, adenine, ATP synthase, baseball diamond, biology, Evolution, genetic information, gluconeogenesis, glycolysis, hydrothermal vents, Intelligent Design, John E. Walker, Krebs cycle, Lehigh University, metabolic process, Michael Behe, Miller-Urey experiment, Nick Lane, PLOS Biology, protocell, protometabolism, purine, referee, University College London, World Magazine
Michael Behe described how he attended a conference to hear Nobel laureate John Walker, the world’s expert on ATP synthase, explain how it might have evolved.  Source
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27Jul 2022 by Post

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

abiogenesis, ADP, ATP, ATP synthase, batteries, biopolymers, chemiosmotic coupling, drivetrain, Energy, energy harnessing, Evolution, gasoline, homeostasis, hydrothermal vents, Intelligent Design, lightning, Long Story Short, membranes, natural selection, origin of life, plants, promissory note, proton gradients, protons, regulators, RNA, self-replication, solar panels, sun, sunlight, transformers, volcanoes
Everyone knows that maintaining life requires energy, but most do not appreciate the intricate steps required to harness it. Source
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30Dec 2020 by Post

#3 Story of 2020: On the Origin of Life, My Response to Jeremy England

acoustic waves, band gap, Basic Books, chemical networks, early Earth, electricity, energy converter, entropy, Evolution, experimental data, fluctuation theorems, formaldehyde, free energy, hydrothermal vents, information, Intelligent Design, Jeremy England, magnetic field, minimally complex cell, natural engine, origin of life, racing car, speakers, spin glass, theory, Viktor Frankl, waveguide, wavelengths
Clearly, the questions he and I have discussed are not only of scientific or academic interest, but instead go to the root of life’s meaning and purpose. Source
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