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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 21, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, anthropic fine-tuning, atheism, biochemical complexity, black holes, Brian Miller, cosmological Darwinism, cosmological natural selection, cosmology, Darwinism, energy sources, fine-tuning, humanity, humans, IAI News, Jeff Shainline, Lee Smolin, Louis Crane, materialism, Michael Behe, near-death experiences, physicists, physics, science fiction, technology, The Privileged Planet, The Story of Everything, universe}

Fine-Tuning — for the Universe or for Life? A Physicist Exercises His Imagination

_{Eric Hedin
September 21, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

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Teetering on the brink of science fiction is the supposition that advanced civilizations would utilize black holes for energy sources. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 17, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, astronomy, backyard, camera, Kirk Durston, Milky Way, nature, nightscapes, northern lights, Ontario, photography, photos, Pickerel River, Psalms, rivers, Science and Culture Today, September, Sugar Lake}

The Heavens Declare, and the Sky Tells

_{David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design

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Our contributor Kirk Durston takes gorgeous astronomy and other nature photos. He graciously agreed to let me share these, with his captions. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 14, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, background noise, design detection, extraterrestrial intelligence, improbability, intelligent aliens, Jerry Ehman, Ohio State University, outer space, researchers, SETI, standard deviations, William Dembski, Wow! signal}

The Wow! Signal and a Project in Design Detection

_{Winston Ewert
September 14, 2026

Intelligent Design, Physics

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The search for extraterrestrial intelligence searches through evidence from outer space in the hopes of finding something that indicates intelligent ET life. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 11, 2026

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, 9/11 attack, Chicago, CN Tower, demon core, demons, Em Lattimer, ethics, Geoffrey Simmons, Glenn Winders, Hiroshima, Japan, John Zmirak, Los Angeles, Manhattan Project, new york, novels, nuclear weapons, Ontario, Oppenheimer’s Demon, Ottawa, physics, September, thrillers, Toronto, United States, Washington, World Trade Center}

Those Demons at the Core: Taut New Thriller by Geoffrey Simmons

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 11, 2026

Arts, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Author Simmons is, among other things, a disaster preparedness expert. The outcome here would make 9/11 seem negligible. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 8, 2026

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, acids, adaptation, architectural plan, autonomy, catalysts, crystallization, designer, drying, early Earth, Energy, environment, experiments, feedstock, filtration, gases, high-pressure catalytic reactors, high-temperature furnaces, information, intelligent design, life, machinery, manufacturing specifications, Miller-Urey experiment, natural materials, nature, origin of life, pathway to life, purification, reagents, reproduction, Research, self-organizational processes, synthetic chemists, unguided chemistry}

Why Life’s Origin Can Only Be Explained by Design

_{Brian Miller
September 8, 2026

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The reagents of the feedstock are never produced by processes as on the early Earth. Production requires substantial energy and controlled industrial procedures Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 3, 2026

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, carbohydrates, cellular metabolism, chemistry, control feedback loops, embedded computing, Energy, enzymes, feedstock, formaldehyde, informational system, intelligent design, iron, lipids, microspheres, minimally complex cells, molybdenum, Nayan Chakraborty, organic molecules, origin of life, origin-of-life literature, peptides, philosophical commitments, phosphate, protocells, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Shashi Thutupalli, signal processing, specified complexity, spherules, storytelling, The Design Inference, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Protocell Pretensions: The Illusion of Progress in Origin-of-Life Research

_{Brian Miller
September 3, 2026

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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This paper contains the imaginative storytelling, speculative leaps, and inflated claims that have become staples of the origin-of-life literature. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 17, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Tagged
, accelerationism, Arizona, Cambridge University, chemical composition, cosmological constant, cosmology, dark energy, Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, DESI, expansion rate, fine-tuning, galaxies, gamma ray bursts, Kitt Peak, Lambda Cold Dark Matter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, measurements, Michael Levi, Milky Way, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, optical fibers, position, standard model of cosmology, telescope, universe, velocity, ΛCDM}

New Light on Dark Energy Points to Our Privileged Space

_{Eric Hedin
August 17, 2026

Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning

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Modern astronomy relies not only on bigger telescopes and more sophisticated instruments, but upon computational power. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 13, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, Albert Einstein, atoms, Canceled Science, dark energy, Edwin Hubble, Energy, expansion rate, field equations, galaxies, Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay W. Richards, life, light, photons, quantum theory, space, spectroscopic instruments, stars, supernovae, The Privileged Planet, universe}

The Delicate Balance of Dark Energy

_{Eric Hedin
August 13, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

5}

The nature of dark energy brings to light one of the most powerful pieces of evidence for just how special our universe is to support life. Read More ›

Artistic depiction of many worlds interpretation showing several Earth-like planets across parallel universes

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
August 13, 2026

Categories
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, Acts of the Apostles, Betteridge’s Law, Born rule, branching, Chiara Marletto, Closer to Truth, David Albert, David Deutsch, David Wallace, decoherence, entanglement, Everettians, formalism, Gedankenwelt, Haag’s theorem, headlines, Hugh Everett, interviews, journalists, many-worlds interpretation, mathematics, Oxford University, particle physics, physics, possibilities, quantum field theory, quantum mechanics, quantum probabilities, quantum theory, qubits, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Rudolf Haag, Standard Model, sufficient reason, thought-world, universal wavefunction}

Searching for a World, Any World, in the Many-Worlds Interpretation

_{Bruce Gordon
August 13, 2026

Mathematics, Physics

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Journalists have a general rule for headlines called “Betteridge’s Law” that seems to apply in this case. Read More ›

Conceptual hand writing showing And The Survey Says.... Business photo text doing poll and bring the results discuss with others Speakers alarming script signals announcement message convey

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
August 4, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, argumentum ad populum, background knowledge, Big Bang, Big Mysteries Survey, Black Holes Inside and Out, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin, Brian Keating, brute facts, Copenhagen, likelihoods, naturalism, Niayesh Afshordi, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, Physics Magazine, polling, principle of sufficient reason, Stephen Meyer, surveys, The Story of Everything, theism, UC San Diego, universe}

Polling the Physicists: What the Big Mysteries Survey Shows, and What It Does Not

_{Bruce Gordon
August 4, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

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The nature of the surveys to which Phil Halper appeals is that they measure what physicists believe. They cannot measure what the evidence actually supports. Read More ›