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Fossil Friday: Snake Origins —Yet Another Biological Big Bang

The authors commented in the press releases that this burst of biological novelty suggests that “snakes are like the Big Bang ‘singularity’ in cosmology.” Read More ›
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What’s Next in the Search for Habitable Worlds?

Are we common or rare? You can be on either side of the question and still be excited about the search for habitable planets capable of harboring life. Read More ›
The Farm at the Center of the Universe
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New Novel Invites Teens to Ponder our Privileged Planet

There’s a wealth of books covering the arguments for intelligent design, and yet one type of book has so far been missing — a young adult novel. Read More ›
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Image credit: Rick Bolin, via Flickr (cropped).

The Humble Origins of the Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang theory changed how we understand our universe. But who do we have to thank for it? Read More ›
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From a Theistic Evolutionist, Long-Ago Answered Critiques of Stephen Meyer’s Book

Scott Buchanan's review is now being recirculated because of the positive attention that Meyer has received from his recent Piers Morgan interview. Read More ›
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Luminet: The Real Heroes of the Big Bang Revolution

The discovery that the universe had a beginning was one of the most remarkable scientific achievements of the last century. Read More ›
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Photo: Einstein and Lemaître in the street, Pasadena, CA, January 1932. AP. Photographer unknown.

When Einstein Met Lemaître

Einstein’s response shows the same unwillingness to change his position: he accepted the mathematics, but not a physically expanding universe. Read More ›
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Big Bang: While the West Reeled

While the West reeled from America’s stock market crash of 1929, another crisis was brewing in the field of cosmology. Read More ›
Alexander Friedmann
Photo: Russian physicist and mathematician Alexander Friedmann, August 1, 1916. Friedmann was a decorated military aviator and aviation instructor before making a name for himself in cosmology as “the man who proved Einstein wrong.” He is rightly regarded as one of the fathers of the Big Bang. By unknown photographer, 1916, Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

A Scientific Revolution Comparable with Copernicus’

The location of his grave was quickly forgotten, since the Stalinist regime was hardly inclined to perpetuate the memory of this “creationist” scientist. Read More ›
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Photo: Galaxy Cluster SDSS J1531+3414, by NASA Hubble, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The “Hubble Tension” and the Big Bang

One thing I am fairly certain about: overthrowing the Big Bang theory is not in the offing. Read More ›

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