Tag: early Earth
A New Flaw in the Miller-Urey Experiment, and a Few Old Ones
It is an interesting finding, but as Wells explains, it is far from the first problem discovered with the experiment, nor the most serious one.
Self-Replication? Not Even Close
Cornell University researchers allegedly “created a machine that can build copies of itself.”
Oh-So-Close to Self-Replication
All that is left is to add a factory to the Cornell device so it can produce for itself the molecubes that humans keep building and feeding them.
Myths, Monsters, and Life’s Elusive First Step
The notion that the building blocks of life were easily gotten may have seemed intuitive to journalists and others acquainted with Mary Shelley’s novel.
Darrel Falk Badly Mischaracterizes RNA World Experiments. . .and Stephen Meyer
Falk claims that Meyer misled his readers by not mentioning an allegedly significant newer result.