Tag: Rice University
Origin of Life: Brian Miller Distills a Debate Between Dave Farina and James Tour
No one — not even the most elite of origin-of-life scientists — has a clue how life could have arisen through blind natural forces on the early Earth.
James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Assembly of Cellular Components
I suspect this challenge will not be widely heeded. Studying these issues will lead researchers toward a conclusion they simply are not willing to accept.
James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Properly Combining Building Blocks
Any progress toward life would be lost if a fully functional cell did not emerge within a reasonably short period of time.
James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Synthesis of the Building Blocks
“The analogy that comes to mind is a golfer, who having played a ball through an 18-hole course, assumed the ball could also play the course in his absence.”
NASA Is Overselling Its Mars Perseverance Mission
Synthetic organic chemist James Tour, of Rice University, has shown the folly of NASA scientists and others in a number of videos.