Tag: origin of life
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.
Presto! The Origin of Life in Four Surprisingly Easy Steps
Origin-of-life theorist David Deamer’s new book appears intelligently designed to make students think that dramatic progress is being been made in explaining the chemical origin of life.
Andy Ellington’s Citation Bluffs and the Scientific Debate Over the Miller-Urey Experiment
By disregarding the Texas Science Standards, Ellington’s approach would deprive students of the very teaching methods that could solve the problems he rightly observes are facing science education today.
Miller-Urey Experiment “Icon of Evolution” Alive and Well in Proposed Texas Instructional Materials
Instructional materials proposed for use in Texas promote classic errors about the 1950s Miller-Urey Experiment and its relevance to the origin of life.