Tag: origin of life
Peer-Reviewed Paper Argues that the Origin of Life Required “Purposeful Choices”
What is it that distinguishes life from non-living entities?
A Big Problem for Naturalistic Explanations of Life’s Origins: Zircon Shows Oxygen Present in the Early Earth
New studies show that oxygen was present in Earth’s atmosphere at or near its current levels 4.4 billion years ago.
Maligning Phil Johnson, with Lots of Rhetoric but Little Substance
Johnson has now come in for criticism from mathematician Jeffrey Shallit and biochemist Larry Moran.
Methinks He Is Like a Dawkins: Prominent RNA World Researcher Michael Yarus Commits Famous “Weasel” Blunder
“To suggest how Darwinian evolution can surf across supposed oceans of improbability, I have set up a mutation-selection demonstration.”
Archaean Microfossils and the Implications for Intelligent Design
News came this week reporting the discovery of ~3.4 billion year old microfossils from Archaean rocks in Western Australia.