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29Sep 2022 by Post

An Optimistic Solution to the Mystery of Life’s Origin

Antonio Lazcano, biology, biomolecules, Brian Miller, Cambridge University, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Eugene Koonin, Evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), genetic information, George Whitesides, intelligent agent, Intelligent Design, Jack Szostak, James Tour, life, National Center for Biotechnology Information, New Atheists, Nobel Prize, origin of life, prebiotic Earth, Richard Dawkins, RNA, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley

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

23Sep 2022 by Post

The “Clumping” Problem and the Origin of Life

Alexander Oparin, cell membrane, cell's, clumping, Evolution, Intelligent Design, James Tour, lipid bilayer, origin of life, oxidation, plasma membrane, protenoid microspheres, Rice University, Sidney Fox, waste products

In the 1970s, biochemist Sidney Fox and colleagues believed they had uncovered primitive cell membrane-like structures called protenoid microspheres. Source

15Jun 2022 by Post

Origin of Life from Basalt Lava Glass? Sorry, No

Astrobiology (journal), basalt lava glass, Chemistry, cyclic trimetaphosphate, early Earth, earth, Evolution, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, intelligent agency, Intelligent Design, investigators, Jack Szostak, James Tour, Mars, natural processes, nickel borate, nucleoside triphosphates, nucleosides, nucleotides, origin of life, phosphates, ribonucleic acid, RNA, RNA world, rock glasses

An honest evaluation of the studies leads to the conclusion that the formation of RNA could not have occurred through any natural processes on the early earth. Source

22Jan 2022 by Post

Prebiotic Muffins and an Air of Unreality

biology, Chemistry, cookbook, early Earth, Evolution, Francis Crick, frozen accident, Intelligent Design, James Tour, metabolism, muffins, origin of life, prebiotic soup, recipe

There is a cookbook being proposed for “prebiotic soup recipes” — that is, combinations of non-living chemicals plausibly present on the early Earth. Source

29Nov 2021 by Post

New Episode of Long Story Short — Is the Origin of Biopolymers a Snap?

biology, biopolymers, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, cats, Evolution, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Long Story Short, origin of life, Science Uprising, tuna, YouTube videos

Or is it trickier than the scientists imagine, more akin to “hiding your tuna fish sandwich in a room full of cats”? Source

12Nov 2021 by Post

Manipulating Molecules: Combining Info + Nano for Better Medicine

adenosine diphosphate, bacteria, biology, cancer, HIV, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Matthew Scholz, Medicine, molecular machines, nanobots, nanocars, Oisin Biotechnologies, promoters, proteolipid vehicles, repressors, Rice University, RNA, scalpel, Stephen Meyer, virus

“Oscar Wilde said nature imitates art,” Meyer said. And today we’re going to see that “technology is able to imitate and even in some ways, improve on nature.” Source

27Sep 2021 by Post

For Dr. Casey Luskin, a New Online Home — And a New Book!

articles, Books, Casey Luskin, Center for Science & Culture, Discovery Institute, doctorate, Human Origins, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Joseph Holden, Nathan Jacobson, paleomagnetism, plate tectonics, Rice University, South Africa, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, University of Johannesburg, Videos, William Dembski

Chemist James Tour at Rice University calls the book a “heroic encyclopedic work.” Source

25May 2021 by Post

Origin of Life: Brian Miller Distills a Debate Between Dave Farina and James Tour

abiogenesis, blind natural forces, Brian Miller, Center for Science & Culture, Dave Farina, early Earth, Eric Anderson, Evolution, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, James Tour, origin of life, Podcast, researchers, Rice University, science educators, synthetic organic chemistry

No one — not even the most elite of origin-of-life scientists — has a clue how life could have arisen through blind natural forces on the early Earth. Source

20May 2021 by Post

Stephen Meyer: The Evidence “Cries Out” for God, Not the Other Way Around

Apologetics, Atheism, biology, BreakPoint, cosmology, Down syndrome, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, James Tour, John Stonestreet, materialism, mistakes, New Atheists, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, scientific evidence, Stephen Meyer, theism, unborn children, utilitarianism, William Dembski

I have heard ID dismissed as “apologetics,” with the implication of proponents in search of evidence to support a conclusion to which they're pre-committed. Source

09Apr 2021 by Post

New Article Purports to Help Explain the Origin of the Genetic Code

Alexandra Kühnlein, binary code, Dieter Braun, DNA, early Earth, error threshold, Evolution, genetic code, intelligent agency, Intelligent Design, investigator intervention, James Tour, nucleotides, NUPACK, origin of life, protein enzymes, proteins, RNA, RNA world, Simon Lanzmich

Without all of the described investigator interventions, a system of replicating RNAs could never emerge or even sustain itself. Source

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