Tag: chemical evolution
Not Oparin’s Coacervates Again!
After Oparin’s coacervate theory was presented in the 1920s, it was dismissed as unworkable. Now, coacervates are back in style.
On the Origin of Life, Why Listen to James Tour?
Tour is not one for mincing words: “The people who might disagree with me are biologists because they’ve never made anything.”
Error Catastrophe: Manfred Eigen’s Show-Stopper Is Still Stopping the Origin-of-Life Show
We are nearing a half-century since Eigen wrote about this paradox, and it “still challenges theoretical biologists.”
Latest Acts in the Origin-of-Life Circus
Leading lights in origin-of-life research share their work and thoughts in a series of open-access articles about chemical evolution.
Stockholm University’s Ola Hössjer Reviews Heretic
“Should materialism be enforced, or are we, as scientists, willing to allow an intelligent designer through the door?”