On Monday, we saw one way naturalists are looking beyond Earth to explain—independent of a supernatural Creator—the origin of life. For this week’s classic TNRTB I recommend … more

The whole land will be a burning waste of salt and sulfur—nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. (Deuteronomy 29:23)

 Researchers made headlines recently when … more

The holiday season is the time of the year when many people send out a newsletter providing friends and family members with updates of important events that have taken place over the course of the … more

My birthday is in a few days. Instead of celebrating, however, I plan on spending the day bemoaning my own mortality. But I’m sure as the day comes and goes, I’ll stop feeling sorry for … more

Today, after twenty years of generous funding and intense research, astrobiology still ranks as science’s only data-free discipline. However, a team of biochemists and physical chemists at … more

One prominent origin-of-life model posits that life began at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, sometimes referred to as “black smokers.” These structures result when superheated water, rich in … more

New Work Takes Scientists One Step Closer to Creating Life in the Lab

An elephant float takes two scoops of ice cream. And once the elephant is floating in root beer, the only way to consume the … more

Who, what, where, when, why, and how? These are the questions that good journalists ask. They are also the same inquiries that origin-of-life researchers make about first life on Earth. When did life … more

I've known people who have had a tumultuous childhood that has left them with emotional scars. The trauma of the first years of Earth's existence resulted in some scarring as well. And, based on a new … more

New Discovery Undercuts Origin of Life at Hydrothermal Vents

Most people now recognize that smoking takes years off of one’s life. But if it wasn’t for smokers, life’s start … more

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New Discovery Affirms RTB Model Predictions

Even though I’m a budget-hotel kinda guy, occasionally I splurge and stay in a really nice place. It’s fun to get a chance to experience … more

Sometimes the things we search for turn up in the most unlikely places. Such may be the case in gaining information about the origin of life here on Earth. Perhaps the best place to look for it is on … more

New Research Indicates Early Earth Conditions Were Too Harsh for Life’s Origin

Since the onset of the Industrial Revolution, acid rain has been an environmental problem. Industrial processes … more

In the December 2007 issue of Astrobiology Stanford University geophysicists Norman H. Sleep and Mark D. Zoback note that the higher tectonic activity during Earth’s early history could have … more

In his book Origins of Life, Dr. Fazale Rana reviews the extensive indirect evidence for the appearance of primitive life on Earth as early as 3.5 billion years ago (bya), with some indications that … more

Microbes and DNA from 8-Million-Year-Old Ice Shed Light on Origin-of-Life Question

We have a chest freezer in our garage that stores all the food that won’t fit in our kitchen … more