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Origin Of Life

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September 25, 2019
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Cell biology
Origin Of Life
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James Tour: 1 hr lecture on OoL

kairosfocus
September 25, 2019
Cell biology, Origin Of Life
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on the mystery of the origin of life: From the blurb: Dr. Tour is one of the world’s top synthetic organic chemists. He has authored 680 scientific publications and holds more than 120 patents (here is a partial list). In 2014, Thomson Reuters named him one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds,” and in 2018 Clarivate Analytics recognized him as one of the world’s most highly cited researchers. Tour is also fearless. He joined more than a thousand other scientists in signing the “Scientific Dissent from Darwinism.” More recently, he has become a thorn in the side of the origin of life research community, offering blunt assessments of the current state of origin of life research. Read more on Read More ›

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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 31, 2019
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin Of Life
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Even viruses have complex origins now

News
July 31, 2019
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Well, this is interesting, for sure: “The findings show that this broad class of single-stranded DNA viruses, which infect all three cellular domains of life, have acquired their genetic components through complex evolutionary processes not traceable to a single ancestral event.” Maybe there wasn’t a “single ancestral event” for cells either. Also: The hope is to “resolve the question of how cell-based life came to co-exist with the planet's staggering array of viruses (dubbed the virome).” One commonly heard hypothesis is that viruses are degraded cells. It will be interesting to hear alternative theses. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 20, 2019
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Intelligent Design
Origin Of Life
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Would bypassing the Moon, going to Mars first, help with origin of life?

News
July 20, 2019
Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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If there apparently isn’t and never has been life on Mars, why should we assume it exists elsewhere? If there is/has been life on Mars and it looks like it came from Earth, well, that’s a game-changer in itself. If it doesn't look like it came from Earth, that opens up whole new, *non-speculative* vistas. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 19, 2019
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Intelligent Design
Origin Of Life
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Chemist James Tour calls time out on implausible origin of life theories

News
July 19, 2019
Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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He writes, "It is time for a temporary time out. Why not admit what we cannot yet explain: the mass transfer of starting materials to the molecules needed for life; the origin of life’s code; the combinatorial complexities present in any living system; and the precise non-regular assembly of cellular components?" Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 1, 2019
Categories
Extraterrestrial life
Fine tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin Of Life
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Is finding extraterrestrial life inevitable and does it prove the existence of God?

News
July 1, 2019
Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Hugh Ross: The discovery of life in another planetary system would indicate another instance of such divine intervention, meaning our universe would contain not just one origin-of-life miracle, but two. Read More ›