Earth and Life Origins Institute · Handong Global University

From Debate to Verification

On the origins of Earth and of life, we test the theories — and the assumptions they stand on.

The Earth and Life Origins Institute (ELOI) at Handong Global University investigates how the Earth, and life upon it, began. For most of their history these questions belonged to debate rather than to measurement. With the leap in precision and large-scale measurement, and in computing and inference, we can now examine the premises each theory rests on and the calculations that carry it to its numbers.

Research programs

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The Origin of the Earth

Testing the premises behind its age and formation.

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The Origin of Life

Where does functional genetic information come from?

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Testing Assumptions

The methodological program running through both.

ELOI helps you weigh for yourself where the Earth and life began.

About the institute