Long Story Short videos on the Origin of Life
Rob served as a script writer on this series of entertaining and erudite videos.
The ninth episode of Long Story Short explains that Origin-of-Life researchers are not practicing high-confidence science. ​
The eighth animated video from Long Story Short explains that life could not have started unless complex repair mechanisms were already in place.
The seventh animated video from Long Story Short explains the most difficult part of abiogenesis: the production of information.
The sixth animated video from Long Story Short exposes many errors in popular YouTube videos that promote abiogenesis. ​
The fifth animated video from Long Story Short explains why natural processes could not have produced a self-replicating molecule, a required step for abiogenesis.
The fourth animated video from Long Story Short explains why natural processes could not have provided the energy that life requires.
The third animated video from Long Story Short shows that cell membranes could not have formed through natural processes.
The second animated video from Long Story Short exposes the challenges for natural processes to form biopolymers like RNA, DNA, and proteins.
The first animated video from Long Story Short covers the first step in The Stairway to Life: formation of the basic building blocks​