Tag: early Earth
The Origin of Life: Dangers of Taking Research Claims at Face Value
All simulations that purport to be breakthroughs in origins problems follow the same pattern.
The Origin of Life: Correcting Common Mistakes on Thermodynamics
The driving tendencies in nature on the early Earth would have been analogous to seismic tremors rearranging the books in the library.
Warm Little Pond? PNAS Paper Admits Difficulties Generating RNA on Prebiotic Earth
“Warm little ponds,” in Darwin’s quaint expression, are actually very hostile environments for generating nucleotides.
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.
In the Beginning, Before There Was RNA, There Was…TNA?
Much of current origin-of-life research suffers from a myopia where researchers hone in on solving a particular problem without contextualizing their solution.