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Evolutionary origin of life even more difficult Michael J. Oard Both evolutionists and creationists concede that the naturalistic origin of life is extremely difficult to fathom. Our understanding of life has come a long way since Stanley Miller’s simplistic exploration in 1953, which used the wrong chemicals and achieved only simple amino acids. Using what is believed to be a more realistic primitive atmosphere, little if any amino acids have been formed.[1] Since Miller’s experiment, DNA has been discovered and all the myriad machine-like components of the cell have shown the extreme complexity of even the ‘simplest’ looking life. Back...

Enlarge ImageHumble beginnings. An experiment in the 1950s with primordial gases and sparks produced some of life's building blocks.Credit: Ned Shaw/Indiana University/Science A once-discarded idea about how life started on our planet has been given a new life of its own, thanks to a serendipitous find. The story traces back to the early 1950s, when chemists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey of the University of Chicago in Illinois tried to recreate the building blocks of life under conditions they thought resembled those on the young Earth. The duo filled a closed loop of glass chambers and tubes with water...

L.A. Lays the Groundwork for Another Riot by Patrick Rooney 12 July 2004 The car chase and subsequent arrest of Stanley Miller is drawing comparisons to the Rodney King incident, and Al Sharpton is on the scene. Thirteen years ago, convicted criminal Rodney King led law enforcement on a chase at speeds estimated at up to 110 to 115 mph. When finally stopped, the hulking King looked to be high as a kite, refused requests to get into the prone position and appeared to lunge at one of the officers. After repeated Taser blasts had no serious affect, he was...