Tag: coacervates
No. 6 Story of 2024: Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research
The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day.
From Nature, a Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research
The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day.
Sorry, Origin-of-Life Researchers, But Bubbles Are Not Cells
Oparin is back. Some origin-of-life researchers are using his coacervate theory without giving him credit or realizing they are retreading dead-end ideas.
Origin of Life, Public Education, and Religious Neutrality
In a series of lectures and articles, organic chemist James Tour has exposed how research related to the origin of life (OOL) has been scandalously misrepresented to the public.
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.