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Origin Of Life

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
December 14, 2020
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Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Are our claimed most distant ancestors sponges or comb jellies?

Denyse O'Leary
December 14, 2020
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
Researchers: "The alternative candidates for our most distant animal relatives are the comb jellies: beautiful, transparent, globe-shaped animals named after the shimmering comb-rows of cilia they beat to propel themselves through the water." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 7, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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There is a limit to how messy origin of life can be

Denyse O'Leary
December 7, 2020
Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
Rob Stadler:Origin-of-life chemists have the nasty habit of including only a few pure reagents in their solutions, then claiming victory when they produce something biotic. I'd like to see them place 36603 types of interfering molecules in their flask along with 82 desired biotic molecules, and then hope that the reaction produces something closer to life! Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 6, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life, Video
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James Tour and Brian Miller on thermodynamics and the origin of life

Denyse O'Leary
December 6, 2020
Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life, Video
In this podcast, Dr. James Tour and Dr. Brian Miller discuss science and faith, including a presentation by Dr. Miller, showing his extensive expertise in the application of thermodynamics and information theory to the problem of the origin of life. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 18, 2020
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Researchers: An amino acid could have formed in space long before stars

Denyse O'Leary
November 18, 2020
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
The researchers “have shown that it is possible for glycine to form on the surface of icy dust grains, in the absence of energy, through 'dark chemistry'. The findings contradict previous studies that have suggested UV radiation was required to produce this molecule.” Hmm. This might provide support for the idea that primitive life forms can travel on comets. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 8, 2020
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Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Biochemist Fuz Rana on a curious pattern in the origin of life algorithm, Alchemy

Denyse O'Leary
November 8, 2020
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
Rana: there appear to be constraints on prebiotic chemistry that inevitably lead to the production of key biotic molecules with the just-right properties that make them unusually stable and ideally suited for life. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 2, 2020
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Origin Of Life
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The philosopher and the biologist offer a “fantasy” of how Darwinism can create minds

Denyse O'Leary
November 2, 2020
Cell biology, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Origin Of Life
The problem isn’t with their believing that cells feature lots of intelligence but with their effort to equate human and cellular intelligence. Human intelligence is something quite different. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 1, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life

New organic compounds “could have” formed the first cells

Denyse O'Leary
November 1, 2020
Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
Has anyone noticed the role that “could have” now plays in Correct science? And what does it mean to say “the origin of life a more common phenomenon than previously thought.” Can we point to other specific examples? It's an interesting idea in principle but the wheels will probably come off fairly quickly. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 30, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life

Mathematician Granville Sewell offers six top evidences for ID

Denyse O'Leary
October 30, 2020
Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
Sewell: Maybe some day human engineers will design a self-replicating machine, like those we see everywhere in the living world, but it will not happen in my lifetime, and it will not be simple. It will certainly not show that such a machine could have arisen without design. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 29, 2020
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Cambrian explosion, Ediacaran, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Precambrian creature scrunches the origin of life even further

Denyse O'Leary
October 29, 2020
Cambrian explosion, Ediacaran, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
This “revolutionary animal” is not that much like the Cambrian creatures so far found but the big question is, how did life explode so quickly if it was only by chance? Why not just give up on that idea and study the creature for what it is? Read More ›