by Patrick R. Briney, Ph.D. | Jul 11, 2018 | Creation insights, Life
An article mustering all the optimism it could begins with the story of the obsolete and misguided Miller and Urey experiment. “Stanley Miller and Harold Urey famously reproduced the conditions that existed on Earth some four billion years ago. They mixed water,...
by Patrick R. Briney, Ph.D. | Jun 24, 2015 | Creation insights, Life
What does life have that nonlife does not? On a cellular level, the difference is in the organization of its components. A living cell can acquire nutrients from its environment, catabolize those nutrients for energy and for more basic components and then synthesize...
by Patrick R. Briney, Ph.D. | Dec 17, 2014 | Creation insights, Life
Sensational headlines about evidence for life on Mars pop up every time there is the slightest hint of gas or water or tiny pits in a Mar’s rock. But why all the hype? Methane gas is not unique to life metabolism. Methane gas is abundant on Titan. In fact,...