Tag: Chemistry
Water — A Grand Story of Intelligent Design, Told by Michael Denton
Its unique properties allow it to fill many roles throughout the biological world, from forming the matrix of our cells, to regulating the temperature of our planet.
At Bridalveil Fall — Michael Denton on the Wonder of Water
Thanks to a unique cluster of properties, water is able to fulfill many roles essential to our living planet.
Anomalous Aspects of Common Water
The subject of Michael Denton’s new book — water — is ubiquitous, as indeed for living creatures it must be.
On Origin of Life, Synthetic Chemist James Tour Delivers Chastisement to Jeremy England
“[U]nder certain conditions, matter inexorably acquires the key physical attribute associated with life.” Oh, really, does it?
Thermodynamics of the Origin of Life
Popular articles on origin-of-life research often portray the field as constantly advancing and quickly converging on a purely materialistic explanation for the first cell.