Tag: amino acids
Brian Miller: Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Theories
Is origin of life research going round in circles, like the proverbial snake in pursuit of its own tail?
The Wonders of Intelligent Design in Chemistry
When we begin the study of protein synthesis, I show students a photograph of my necktie drawer before my wife spent an hour organizing it.
Could This Be the Year’s Most Ridiculous Idea About How Life Originated?
Stories like this always want to tell us how Earth and life are not “special.” It’s an obsession with science writers, and seemingly with the folks at NASA too.
Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Research: Insights from a Recent Study on the Genetic Code
This study compared sequences of proteins in modern organisms to reconstruct ancestral proteins believed to reside in the last universal common ancestor (LUCA).
Life and Origami: Lessons from the Art of Paper-Folding
The differences between an origami figure and a living thing are more instructive than their similarities.