Did Comets Carry Prebiotic Materials to Early Earth? May 12, 2016 Even though chemical impurities in snow and ice can be detrimental to existing life on Earth, astrobiologists think that chemical contaminants in icy comets... Publications by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read
Ultraviolet Light Illuminates More Problems for Chemical Evolution March 17, 2016 When my wife and I visited Australia, our hosts warned us repeatedly to use sunscreen. The thinning ozone layer near the South Pole intensifies... Publications by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read
Twisted Evidence for Early Life March 12, 2015 Anyone working on a home improvement project knows how important it is to have “the right tool for the right job.” This maxim also... Publications by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read
Early Life Was More Complex than We Thought March 9, 2015 Is Genesis scientifically credible? According to the common narrative in our culture, scientific advance has rendered Genesis (and other creation accounts found in the... Publications by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read
Putting Creation to the Test November 2, 2014 Reasons to Believe stands on the assertion that biblical statements about God’s creative activity can be subjected to experimental validation, just as any scientific... Publications by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read
DNA and Proteins’ Excellent Adventure March 8, 2013 At first look, this scene might not seem relevant to a discussion on the origin of life. But when you’re trying to explain mutually... Blog by Read
Evaluating the Origin of Information March 1, 2013 Starting an article is always the hardest step for me. As I sat at my desk just now, staring at a blank screen, I... Publications by Krista Bontrager Read
Does New Approach Solve Origin-of-Life Problem? March 1, 2013 Even though the scientific community has worked diligently since the early 1950s to explain how life originated via evolutionary processes, “It would not be... Publications by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read
TNRTB Classic: Looking Beyond Earth November 10, 2011 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... Publications by Hugh Ross Read
Sulfur Caused Early Life to Sprout August 31, 2011 Researchers made headlines recently when they announced the discovery of evidence for fossilized sulfur-metabolizing microbes.1 Although sulfur is often associated with death and... Publications by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read
Does Discovery of Ammonia in Meteorites Breathe Life into the Origin of Life? April 13, 2011 I remember the locker room pranks we used to play on each other during high school. One of them involved breaking an ammonia capsule... Publications by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read
Explosive Genetic Expansion 3.3 to 2.8 Billion Years Ago Provides New Evidence for Intelligent Design January 26, 2011 When it comes to new scientific discoveries, however, it’s not death that has been on my mind but life—specifically its origin. Last week, I... Publications by Anjeanette Roberts Read