Category: Earth Sciences

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 29, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Ethics
Planetology
Tagged
, animals, astrobiology, comprehension, Convention on Biological Diversity, copper mining, COPUOS, COSPAR, Elon Musk, ethicists, geological features, indigenous people, International Court of Justice, Mars, moons, nature rights, planets, Science Direct, solar system, space exploration, space microbes, trees, waves}

Now, It’s Rights for Planets, Moons, and Space Microbes

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 29, 2025

Astronomy, Ethics, Planetology

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The ultimate purpose in granting such rights would be to disincentivize investments in space exploration and keep us Gaia-bound. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 18, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, ABC, cancel culture, carbon dioxide, Casey Luskin, Charlie Kirk, climate, climate change, comedians, Elsevier journals, entertainment industry, evolution, evolutionary biologists, ideological differences, ideology, Jerry Coyne, Jimmy Kimmel, journals, lawsuits, Marcel Crok, peer-reviewed articles, physicists, Plato's Revenge, predictions, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, ratings, researchers, Richard Sternberg, Sabine Hossenfelder, settled science, skepticism, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Colbert, Stephen Meyer, The College Fix}

Great Science Cancellation Continues: Here’s the Latest Victim

_{David Klinghoffer
September 18, 2025

Environment & Climate, Scientific Freedom

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In the domination of science by ideology, by the myth of “settled science,” the stakes couldn’t be more profound. Read More ›

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Date
September 12, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Physics
Tagged
, Alain Aspect, Albert Einstein, Anton Zeilinger, Boris Podolsky, climate models, COSM 2025, Discovery Institute, International Monetary Fund, John F. Clauser, John Stuart Bell, Louisa Gilder, Nathan Rosen, Nobel laureates, particles, photon, physicists, spin, Stuart Freedman, The Age of Entanglement, Washington Post}

COSM 2025 Will Feature Nobel Laureate Physicist and Skeptic John F. Clauser

_{Science and Culture
September 12, 2025

Environment & Climate, Physics

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Discovery Institute’s upcoming COSM 2025 tech conference will feature something a little different. Read More ›

Artistic image of mother nature. World environment and mother earth day concept

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 9, 2025

Categories
Earth Sciences
Environment & Climate
Ethics
Tagged
, advisor, capitalism, China, collectivism, director, Dr. Seuss, environmental practices, environmentalism, fauna, flora, free market, golden calf, human thriving, indigenous people, inspiration, investment, Milton Friedman, Mother Earth, mountain, nature rights, New Zealand, nonprofit organizations, ownership, Parry Field, prosperity, radical environmentalism, rainforest, river, Russia, shareholder, St. Petersburg, Steven Moe, stewardship, The Lorax, Truffula, wealth}

Should We Put Mother Nature on the Board of Directors?

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 9, 2025

Earth Sciences, Environment & Climate, Ethics

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Nature can’t “own” anything. That’s a human construct. Moreover, nature would be represented by environmental “flesh flake” radicals. Read More ›

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Date
August 28, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Andy May, Approved Views, carbon dioxide, climate change, Forest Romm, Kevin Waldman, Marty Rowland, Micaiah Bilger, Northwestern University, Orwellian, peer pressure, political correctness, psychology, The College Fix, The Hill, transgenderism, trust-fund babies, University of Michigan, Watts Up With That?}

Even Scientists Are Starting to Doubt “Approved Views”

_{Science and Culture
August 28, 2025

Environment & Climate, Psychology, Scientific Freedom

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A recent Orwellian firing gives some insight into what happens when an academic collides with Political Correctness. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 19, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ant navigation, archaeology, barnacle waterproof glue, Biomimetics, blowholes, butterfly colors, California, cryptology, crystallography, Death Valley, design filter, fine-tuning, forensic science, geomimetics, geophysics, geysers, ice, ice sheets, ID in Action, intelligent design, Jonathan Boreyko, lightning, magnets, mantis shrimp hammers, Oklo reactor, optimization, Racetrack Playa, Racetrack Valley, rocks, sailing stones, Smithsonian Magazine, snowflakes, spider webs, Virginia Tech, volcanoes}

Is Geomimetics an Intelligent Design Science? Well, Yes and No

_{David Coppedge
August 19, 2025

Environment & Climate, Geology, Intelligent Design

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Biomimetics, the imitation of nature’s designs, clearly qualifies as an ID science. What about “geomimetics” — the imitation of geophysics? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Tagged
, biodiversity, bioethicists, bioethics, climate change, flooding, health, health care, hospitals, hubris, human exceptionalism, humans, medical ethics, moral expertise, public health policy, war, wildfires}

Only Bioethicists Can Save the Planet!

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 13, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Evolution

3}

Apparently, anyone with any claim to victimization or marginalization can be a bioethicist now. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, atmosphere, biochemists, chemicals, Children of Light, coincidences, Discovery Institute, doctors, Fire-Maker, human beings, intelligent design, Michael Denton, podcast, Privileged Species, Sarah Chaffee, sun, sunlight, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water}

How Light Sustains Human Life: Michael Denton Explains

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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“The atmosphere lets through just the light we need,” says Denton, “and the sun puts out just the light we need." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 7, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Council of Paris, courts, flowing, French Parliament, Is a River Alive?, law, Louvre, natural world, nature, nature rights, nature rights movement, Notre Dame Cathedral, Olympics, personhood, pollution, rights, Robert Macfarlane, Seine, water}

A “Right to Flow”: River Rights for the Seine?

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 7, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Life Sciences

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Even nonessential activities could be blocked by pretending that the Seine is a person. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 11, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, Aeon, Carl Sagan, conscious awareness, Earthrise, evidence, hidden agenda, insignificance, King Tut, Library of Congress, materialist atheism, Monash University, nature, Pale Blue Dot, Pale Blue Dot-ologists, philosophy of mind, planets, Taj Mahal, Tim Bayme}

Carl Sagan Aside, Earth Is Significant

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 11, 2025

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Planetology

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Does the view from a vast distance have any relationship to the significance of a human cultural achievement? Read More ›