ENST: Heterochirality Kills
May 9, 2025
Researchers found out what happens if they force a protein out of its one-handed norm.
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RNA World Suffers a Backhand Blow
November 26, 2024
NASA hoped to find a chiral bias that favors left-handed amino acids. They lost.
Archive: Eugenics, Sprites, Viruses, Mars, Rafting Rodents, More
October 11, 2024
Here are some of the stories we were reporting in mid-October 2001.
OOL Research ‘May Have’ Fooled Some People
August 13, 2024
The phrase "may have" is not scientific. It is a value-laden preference stemming from a prior worldview commitment.
Archive: Your Model Train Set
February 23, 2024
Model trains in your cells? Yes: read about this and other wonders from 21 years ago. Note: Some embedded links may no longer work. Your Model Train Set 02/25/2003 Model train enthusiasts never had it so good. Imagine five different models of finely-crafted engines, all in perfect working order, and enough track to cover a […]
Much Ado About Ryugu
March 23, 2023
Uracil, a molecule found in RNA, has been reported in an asteroid. From media hype, one would think they discovered life.
New Model of Chirality Untestable
February 24, 2023
It's one of the biggest mysteries for evolutionary biologists: the origin of handedness in biomolecules. A new solution is all hat and no cattle.
How to Charge Your Smartphone on a Grill
September 14, 2022
It can be done, but there are certain other requirements that are not likely to happen naturally.
One Wrong-Handed Amino Acid Can Cause Vertigo
August 11, 2018
The rocks in your head that give you a sense of balance are finely tuned to spiral in a certain way.
Another RNA World ‘Missing Link’ Experiment Misses the Point
January 9, 2018
Magic droplets overcome one hurdle with help from humans, but so what?
Space Aliens: Evolutionists’ Imaginary Friends
June 15, 2017
Those who believe life emerges from atoms pretend to talk to companions they don't even know exist.
Big Science Lies About Chirality in Space
June 15, 2016
What was discovered has nothing to do with life, nor does it contribute in any way to solving one of the "greatest mysteries of chemistry."
Amino Acids Unlikely to Survive on Mars
June 9, 2016
UV radiation quickly degrades amino acids on most Martian minerals, a new study shows.
Bluffing About Earth's Magnetic Field and Life's Chirality
June 2, 2016
The headlines might make one think evolutionists have finally scaled two monstrous hurdles for their theory.
Origin-of-Life Speculation Goes Off the Rails
October 21, 2015
Astrobiologists and their accomplices in the media are finding life everywhere where it isn't or couldn't be. Time to call in the science rangers.