10Aug 2025 by Post

We are Children of Light and Water: Dr. Michael Denton

biochemists, Children of Light, circulation, coincidences, doctors, electromagnetic radiation, Evolution, fine-tuning, Fire-Maker, gamma rays, hydrologic cycle, Intelligent Design, light, metabolism, Michael Denton, photosynthesis, plate tectonics, radio waves, Sarah Chaffee, sun, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water, universe, water, wavelength
“In this vast range, there’s only one…infinitesimally small band which has the right energy for photosynthesis,” a prerequisite for human life. Coincidence? 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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15Feb 2023 by Post

Molecular Infertility: New Long Story Short on RNA Replication and Life’s Origin

atheists, biology, boiling water, cancer, cellular replication, Charles Darwin, enzymes, Evolution, Evolution News, Intelligent Design, Long Story Short, magnesium, metabolism, mutations, nucleotide monomers, nucleotides, origin of life, replication, Richard Dawkins, RNA, RNA world, RNA-Peptide World, RNAse E, self-replicators, Spiegelman’s Monster, Tomonori Totani
You might think that such severe impediments to prebiotic RNA formation would be enough to discourage fanciful proposals of RNA replication. Source
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29Jul 2022 by Post

Much Ado About Lactase Persistence

adulthood, Bethlehem, cattle, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, elephants, eukaryotic cells, Evolution, genetic code, human mind, Isaac Newton, lactase, lactase persistence, lactose, loss-of-FCT, loss-of-functional-coded-element, metabolism, milk, molecular machines, mutations, nucleotides, Pennsylvania, physics, science, sugar, weaning, weather, worms
Nothing shows the feebleness of Darwinism quite so much as breathless stories about brand new results. This week the topic was “lactase persistence.” Source
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17May 2022 by Post

Earth’s Atmosphere Demonstrates Stunning Biocentric Fine-Tuning

absorption spectrum, aerobic life, atmosphere, atmospheric gases, biology, carbon dioxide, Carl Sagan, Chemistry, earth, Encyclopaedia Britannica, extraterrestrial life, greenhouse effect, Homo sapiens, infrared radiation, Intelligent Design, light-eaters, metabolism, NASA, nitrogen, oxygen, ozone, photosynthesis, Physics, Earth & Space, silicate weathering, sun, sunlight, The Miracle of Man, Venus, visual light, volcanic activity, water vapor
For photosynthesis to proceed on a planet like Earth, sunlight (visual light) must penetrate the atmosphere all the way to the ground. Source
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19May 2021 by Post

Optimality Recognized in Core Biological Infrastructure

"poor design", amino acids, Athel Cornish-Bowden, biology, biology textbooks, carbon, constraints, development, Drosophila, elements, embryology, Erika DeBenedictis, glycolysis, human engineers, human genome, Intelligent Design, María Luz Cárdenas-Cerda, metabolism, Michael Denton, natural amino acids, optimality, Pareto optimality, Princeton University, TEDx talk, William Bialek
I will begin with an example from embryology, then turn to metabolism, and finish with the breadth of chemical space covered by the natural amino acids. Source
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