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Jews, Christians, and Atheists Agree: What’s Dead Can Live
A thought occurred to me yesterday, and I want to get it down before I forget it. It seems to be universally agreed upon, whether you are theist or atheist, that one of the characteristics of dead matter is the … Continue reading
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Tagged abiogenesis, apologetics, atheism, atheist, biochemistry, chemistry, death, Jesus, life, resurrection, science
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Blogging David Goodsell’s “The Machinery of Life” (The Preface)
David Goodsell is a molecular biologist at The Scripps Research Institute in California, and he has written a hippie-beautiful introductory text to molecular biology, The Machinery of Life (2nd edition, Springer 2010), which Scientific American calls “an impressive and original book.” … Continue reading
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Tagged biochemistry, biology, cell biology, complexity, English, evolution, hippies, life, machines, meaning, Santi Tafarella, science
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Flim-Flam Watch: Microbiologist Rosie Redfield on Felisa Wolfe-Simon’s Mono Lake Arsenic Based Life Claim
In a recent blog post, microbiologist Rosie Redfield is scathing concerning Felisa Wolfe-Simon’s recent claim, made in a scientific paper (Wolfe-Simon et al. 2010, A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus) that arsenic based life may have been … Continue reading
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Tagged arsenic based life, atheism, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, critical thinking, felisa wolfe-simon, flim-flam, Genesis, Michael Shermer, NASA, science
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Life on Mars? A new paper says maybe
In 1976, did the scientists responsible for interpreting Viking data underestimate some important evidence that actually points to life on Mars? A new scientific paper says maybe. The New York Times earlier this week: For the veteran Mars researcher Gilbert V. Levin, … Continue reading
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Tagged are we alone?, astronomy, biochemistry, biology, life, life on mars, Mars, science, solar system
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O Brave New World!
This month’s Wired is reporting on a shocking scientific finding: A self-assembling molecule synthesized in a laboratory may resemble the earliest form of information-carrying biological material, a transitional stage between lifeless chemicals and the complex genetic architectures of life. Called … Continue reading
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