Tag: origin of life
Sunlight on the Puzzle of Prebiotic RNA?
In two previous articles, I have argued against the plausibility of generating biologically relevant polymers (proteins, RNA, and DNA) in a prebiotic world.
Is Epicurus Smiling?
Eugene Koonin pointed out that any abiogenesis scenario requires a cosmological background theory against which any local event probabilities must be evaluated.
Tour-Cronin Debate: Does Charisma Carry the Day?
Was Tour overly aggressive at the roundtable? Having watched and then re-watched the event, I don’t think that was at all the case.
Another War of Words: Jim Tour and Lee Cronin at Harvard
Tour didn’t shout. He didn’t call anyone an “idiot.” He never called Cronin a “bad chemist.” And Tour’s scientific challenges were entirely reasonable.
Systems Biology Cracks Life’s Engineered Intricacies — A Report from CELS
The cherished evolutionary story of whales’ “vestigial” pelvic bones joins the growing pile of discredited icons of evolution.