Author: Rob Stadler
Energy Harnessing and Blind Faith in Natural Selection
The latest animated video from Long Story Short explains the complex requirements for energy harnessing in life.
High Energy: Long Story Short Addresses “Energy Harnessing” and Life’s Origin
Everyone knows that maintaining life requires energy, but most do not appreciate the intricate steps required to harness it.
Origin of Life: Top Three Problems with Protocells
Protocells place origin-of-life researchers in an awkward position: relying upon an imaginary entity to sustain their belief that only matter and energy exist.
New Animated Video: Cell Membranes by Natural Processes Alone?
Cell membranes are essential for life because they actively maintain homeostasis, providing a consistent environment inside the cell.
Long Story Short — A Strikingly Unnatural Property of Biopolymers
Scientists have been trying for decades to get monomers to link up into biopolymers under “prebiotically plausible conditions.”