Tag: Signature in the Cell
Joana Xavier, Skepticism About Design, and a Fable About a Gray Parrot with an iPad
Xavier, of University College London, is a young origin-of-life researcher who has steadily pursued questions of central importance.
The Logic of Design Detection
Rational agents often detect the prior activity of other designing minds by the character of the effects they leave behind.
The Origin of Life and the Information Enigma
In 1953, when Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of the DNA molecule, they made a startling discovery.
Zombie Science: Miller-Urey Experiment Is Back from the Dead, Barely
Scientifically speaking, the Miller experiment was a non-starter. Then when the atmosphere they used was called into question, the icon was doubly dead.
Evolution Is Not Like Physics
A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.”