Category: Life Sciences
Accounting for the Origin of Life, Paul Davies Recognizes the Role of “Software”
A well-known astrobiologist publishes a paper that is just shy of a conversion story to intelligent design.
At Why Evolution Is True, the Chewbacca Defense
Jerry Coyne’s attempt to intimidate Paul Nelson with seeming recantations from scientists who doubted the power of natural selection has drawn many responses from readers.
Top Five Problems with Current Origin-of-Life Theories
Most theorists believe that there were many steps involved in the origin of life, but the very first step would have involved a primordial soup — a water-based sea of simple organic molecules.
DNA a Stupid Design? Can Benner Do Better?
What if these researchers do succeed some day in improving on life’s code? Would it support the case for materialism?
Dream a Little Dream of AEG
Welcome to the world of “origin of life” science, where imagination rules.