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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 23, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, __k-review, 1984 (novel), Amazon River, biodiversity, ecosystem, electricity, fishing, Ganges River, nature rights, pollution, radicals, river rights, trial lawyers}

“River Rights” Would Impede Human Thriving

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 23, 2018

Bioethics, Environment & Climate

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If the current trend continues, “river rights” will exert a tremendously destructive force. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 20, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and the Genome, amino acids, bacteria, BioLogos, Dennis Venema, DNA, enzyme, intelligent design, microevolution, molecular biology, nylonase, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, recycling}

Adaptation in Action Yields a Repurposed Enzyme

_{Ann Gauger
April 20, 2018

Biochemistry, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“Nylon-eating bacteria? What the heck?” you say. “Why does this matter?” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
April 15, 2018

Categories
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Bill Nye, Darwinian evolution, elections, evidence, global warming, March for Science, Minneapolis, science, Scientific American, scientist, UC Berkeley}

Marching for Evidence?

_{Jonathan Wells
April 15, 2018

Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Scientific Freedom

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Imagine yourself as a graduate student doing research in one of the natural sciences. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 5, 2018

Categories
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atmosphere, ATP, biomolecules, carbon dioxide, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, DNA, earth, elements, enzymes, mantle, methane, ocean, phosphorylation, planetary fine-tuning, RNA, rock, solar system, supernova, temperature, The Privileged Planet, water}

New Geochemical Discoveries Reaffirm Earth as a Privileged Planet

_{Casey Luskin
April 5, 2018

Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Remember CHONPS — the acronym you learned in high school to remember the elements most important for life? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 5, 2018

Categories
Biology
Human Exceptionalism
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam Frank, aliens, Avi Loeb, Carl Sagan, cosmos, earth, exoplanets, facts, Harvard University, humans, materialism, npr, optimism, science, University of Rochester}

“Optimism” and a Lonely Planet

_{David Klinghoffer
April 5, 2018

Biology, Human Exceptionalism, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Adam Frank (University of Rochester) interviewed fellow astrophysicist Avi Loeb (Harvard) about the future possibility of detecting “techno-signatures” from space. Read More ›

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Date
March 23, 2018

Categories
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, __k-review, A Brief History of Time, category error, Discovery Institute, Energy, equations, gravity, laws of nature, matter, nature, Pacific Ocean, quantum mechanics, Stephen Meyer, The Grand Design, TIME, universe}

“Spontaneous Creation”: Meyer on Stephen Hawking’s Category Error

_{Science & Culture
March 23, 2018

Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology

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He asked poignantly in A Brief History of Time, “What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?” Read More ›

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Date
March 21, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __k-review, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, cosmos, earth, galactic habitable zone, galaxy, habitability, intelligent design, life, National Geographic, nature, planet, solar system, sun, The Privileged Planet, trailer}

From National Geographic, New TV Series to Violate Materialist Taboo?

_{Science & Culture
March 21, 2018

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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Neither the Earth nor the human race is allowably described as unusual, because that could suggest (shudder) intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 18, 2018

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Life Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, bacteria, cognition, Darwinian evolution, death, ID the Future, intentionality, J. Scott Turner, life, machinery, materialism, microscopes, podcast, Purpose and Desire: What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It, resources, Rob Crowther, robot, vitalism}

Biologist Scott Turner: What Is Life? And Other Simple Questions

_{David Klinghoffer
March 18, 2018

Biology, Chemistry, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Life Sciences, Physics

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The picture of life that biologist Scott Turner sketches in his recent book is remarkable, and not easy to fully take aboard in your mind. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
February 17, 2018

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, bees, bias, conservation, debate, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, pesticides, Phys.org, prebiotic chemistry, Research, Rice University, science, toxicity}

Toward Self-Scrutiny in Science

_{Sarah Chaffee
February 17, 2018

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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Think about how this kind of reasoning relates to the intelligent design and evolution debate. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 16, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, __k-review, alien life, BBC, Bible, culture, evolution, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Gizmodo, Live Science, materialism, Nautilus, religion, Scientific American, SETI, The Guardian, UFOs, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

Evidence of ETs? Delightful! Bring It On

_{David Klinghoffer
February 16, 2018

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Never fear: whatever our purely hypothetical response to a purely hypothetical event, it can be reconciled with evolution. Read More ›