Category: Earth Sciences | Page 3 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 26, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", amoebas, Arizona State University, complexity, culture, Daniel Dennett, Daphnia, Daphnia pulex, Darwinian evolution, evolution, genetic drift, genome, humans, Michael Lynch, microcrustaceans, mind, natural selection, random mutations, school systems, subtlety, water fleas}

No. 7 Story of 2024: Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 26, 2024

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 18, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculture, beef, California, corn, environmentalists, Europe, food, global warming, human benefit, New York Times, pesticides, pollution, Sri Lanka, United States}

Learning to Love Industrial Farming

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 18, 2024

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Life Sciences

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"Old MacDonald-style farms where soil is nurtured with love and animals have names rather than numbers may sound environmentally friendly." Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
November 25, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, catastrophism, Christians, climate change, climate scientists, denial, Department of Energy, earth, Europe, Francis Collins, guilt by association, Holocaust deniers, human flourishing, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Judith Curry, NASA, temperature, The Road to Wisdom, William Happer}

Francis Collins Employs Climate Change as a Cudgel

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
November 25, 2024

Environment & Climate, Physical Sciences, Technology

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Collins identifies as a Christian, but he seems to have missed a glaring instance of design in the Earth system. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
October 14, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, Alabama, americans, aurora, aurora borealis, beauty, Casey Luskin, cemetery, comets, faith and science, Halloween, intelligent design, Jay Richards, photography, Sky & Telescope, sunset, The Privileged Planet, total solar eclipse}

Comet Caps a Year of Natural Beauty

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
October 14, 2024

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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I took a set of images of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS last night, which was the first sighting I had of it. It's visible to the unaided eye. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
October 9, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, earth, Europa, Europa Clipper, intelligent design, Jupiter, life, moons, planets, spacecraft, stars}

Two Poems for Europa, Jupiter’s Lifeless Moon

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
October 9, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Ms. Limón’s poem doesn't quite capture the aliveness of Earth and the likely deadness of Europa. So, here's one that better reflects these themes. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 22, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", amoebas, Arizona State University, complexity, culture, Daniel Dennett, Daphnia, Daphnia pulex, Darwinian evolution, evolution, genetic drift, genome, humans, Michael Lynch, microcrustaceans, mind, natural selection, random mutations, school systems, subtlety, water fleas}

Decade-Long Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Darwinian Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 22, 2024

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
September 3, 2024

Categories
Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Technology
Tagged
, advanced life, atmosphere, biosphere, coal, copper, Donald Brownlee, earth, earthquakes, fossils, Global Positioning System, gold, Hawaiian Islands, iron, Jay Richards, magnetic field, Peter Ward, plate tectonics, salt, The Privileged Planet, uranium}

Plate Tectonics and Scientific Discovery

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
September 3, 2024

Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth, Technology

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Plate tectonics is important for advanced life in multiple ways and planets with plate tectonics are very rare. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 14, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Geology
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, aliens, Archean Eon, atmosphere, continents, Drake equation, Enceladus, extraterrestrial intelligence, Fermi paradox, habitability, intelligent design, magnetic field, Mars, Nautilus, Neoproterozoic, oceans, plate tectonics, Scientific Reports, solar system, The Privileged Planet, Titan}

Study: Geological Habitability Parameters Imply Earth is Special and Advanced Life Extremely Rare

_{Casey Luskin
August 14, 2024

Fine-tuning, Geology, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

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One thing that is likely to get some pushback is the study’s claim that modern-style plate tectonics on Earth did not commence until the Neoproterozoic. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, atmosphere, Biosphere 2, David Coppedge, desert, dirt, earth, ecosystem, Evolution News, greenhouse effect, habitability, intelligent design, Mars, Mother Nature, Penn State, perchlorates, planets, Saturn, soil, temperature, terraforming, The Privileged Planet, Titan, water, weathering}

Earth and Mars — A Rare Gem and a Sharp Contrast

_{Eric Hedin
August 5, 2024

Intelligent Design, Planetology, Rare Earth

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Apparently, simple living organisms must exist for eons on a planet before more advanced life can thrive. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 24, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, agnostics, blood, capillaries, cells, Charles Tanford, circulation, criminology, earth, elements, endothermy, evaporation, extraterrestrial intelligence, fitness, fluids, gas, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, liquid, microbiology, oxygen, skin, solid, solvents, temperature, The Wonder of Water, tissues, viscosity, water}

In the Case of Water, an Inference to Intelligent Design Is Independent of Any Religious Claim

_{Michael Denton
July 24, 2024

Biochemistry, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

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In this article I will explain why, as someone who is agnostic about many religious claims, I find the inference to intelligent design impossible to refuse. Read More ›