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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 17, 2023

Categories
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, black holes, earth, fine-timing, galaxy, General Theory of Relativity, gravitational waves, gravity, heavens, Louisiana, mirror, proton, spacetime, stars, sun, universe, Washington State}

In First Detection of Gravitational Waves, Timing Was Everything

_{Eric Hedin
May 17, 2023

Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology

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Let’s look at how timing across multiple orders of magnitude brought together cosmic and human events. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
May 16, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptability, Alaska, Arizona, biologists, biosphere, birds, cars, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, designer, echolocation, elephants, evolution, fossil record, iguanas, intelligent design, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, kerosene, mammals, middle ear, natural selection, naturalists, penguins, physiology, polar bears, whales}

Natural Selection Subtracts, It Doesn’t Add — And That Matters

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 16, 2023

Biochemistry, Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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In the wild, all organisms must live within their niche. There are no wild polar bears in Arizona, and no iguanas in Alaska. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", antifreeze, cattle, Charles Darwin, crustaceans, Dogs, evolution, evolutionary theory, fish, Herbert Spencer, horses, intelligent design, James Tour, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Jonathan Wells, mollusks, natural selection, organisms, oxygen, oxymoron, pine tree, puppies, purpose, science of purpose, selection, sheep, speciation, Stephen Meyer, variations, water}

A New Look at Natural Selection

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 18, 2023

Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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If you are a pine tree, you need to have antifreeze in your needles if you are rooted beyond certain latitudes or elevations. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
April 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, astrobiology, black holes, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmological constant, Frederik van Niekerk, fundamental forces, geophysics, habitability, hydrogen, intelligent design, life, Nico Vorster, physical constants, physicists, Science and Faith in Dialogue, solar system, universe, Weak Anthropic Principle}

Local Fine-Tuning and Habitable Zones

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
April 6, 2023

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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In considering fine-tuning, physicists assume that the constants and initial conditions (and possibly the physical laws) could have been different. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 30, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, aliens, astronomers, atheism, Avi Loeb, evidence, Harvard University, intelligent causation, intelligent design, Jonah Goldberg, methodological naturalism, rocks, science stopper, Twitter}

Avi Loeb Bumps Up Against Methodological Naturalism

_{Paul Nelson
March 30, 2023

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Jonah Goldberg talked with Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb about “Oumuamua, Alien Life & Fighting the Mainstream Science Community.” Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
March 10, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, Adam Frank, astrophysics, Big Bang, CERN, Cosmic Egg, cosmic origins, creation, Energy, Ernst Mayr, evolution, galaxies, Georges Lemaître, matter, planets, stars, universe, University of Rochester}

What the Big Bang Theory Tells Us About Creation

_{Rob Sheldon
March 10, 2023

Cosmology, Evolution, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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The universe did not begin with a cosmic snow globe, or an accident at the CERN accelerator. It had to begin with Georges Lemaître’s "Cosmic Egg." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Medicine
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, anti-humanism, COVID-19, equity, global warming, Greta Thunberg, health, human beings, pandemic, Peter Singer, wokeness}

Top Medical Journal Demands “Ecological Equity”

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 6, 2023

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Medicine

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This isn’t some outlier bioethicist or animal-rights activist being given a few pages of ink. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, antelopes, buffalo, cattle, chewing, cows, cud, deer, dirt, evolution, evolutionists, fossils, giraffes, grazing, grit, horses, paradigm shift, physiology, PNAS, ruminants, sheep, teeth, Thomas Kuhn}

Darwin, We Have a Problem: Horse Teeth Are Not Less Evolved

_{David Coppedge
January 25, 2023

Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Life Sciences, Science

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Time to debunk another evolutionary story by questioning underlying Darwinian assumptions about how things came to be. Read More ›

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Date
January 8, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Science
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, Frank Tipler, ID the Future, Science Uprising, Singularity, The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, TIME, transhumanists, YouTube videos}

Cosmologist Frank Tipler on the Singularity Atheists Try To Evade

_{Science and Culture
January 8, 2023

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology, Science

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The singularity in question isn’t the supposed future singularity imagined by transhumanists, but the singularity at the foundation of the Big Bang. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 19, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, astrobiology, California, Dead Sea, earth, Enceladus, freezing, Goldilocks Zone, Jupiter, Michael Denton, NASA, Neptune, Purdue University, salinity, salt, Saturn, The Miracle of Man, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, University of Copenhagen, water}

Salt of the Earth Regulates Habitability

_{David Coppedge
December 19, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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A planet needs more than location in a habitable zone. It needs the right ingredients, and salt has a surprising role. Read More ›