Category: Geology

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Date
October 18, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Geology
Tagged
, Annihilation, Antarctica, apocalypses, artificial intelligence, Big Tech, cloning, computer simulations, COSM 2026, Daily Mail, doomsday, Elon Musk, humans, Kevin Hunt, longtermism, Michael Marshall, minds, Mouth of Hell, Nicaragua, Nick Bostrom, Nottingham Trent University, planets, Skeptic Magazine, space, sun, technology, The Conversation, The Shimmer, thought experiment, Volcán Masaya, Wiliam Hunter}

Choose Your Own Doomsday: Select from These Alarming Options, Scientists Say

_{Science & Culture
October 18, 2026

Computational Sciences, Geology

5}

In one scenario based on a sci-fi movie, something called "The Shimmer is interfering with the fundamental patterns of life, redefining evolutionary code." Read More ›

A 1940s style American kitchen, green. Generative AI

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Date
November 25, 2025

Categories
Geology
Historical Sciences
Tagged
, climate, earth, Encyclopaedia Britannica, geologists, geology, history, humankind, humans, sediments, Stone Age}

As an Idea, the “Anthropocene” Era Is Dead

_{Science & Culture
November 25, 2025

Geology, Historical Sciences

3}

In a world where pundits regularly accuse us all of being too anthropocentric, the naming of a new geological epoch would enshrine that view forever in science. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 5, 2025

Categories
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australia, bacteria, bone, calcium, collagen, dinosaurs, food, fungi, geology, Howard Glicksman, magma, Michael Denton, microbes, minerals, phosphorus, Privileged Species, Quartz, Secrets of the Human Body, sharks, teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex}

How We Bite with Apatite: The Wonders of a Hard Mineral

_{David Coppedge
September 5, 2025

Geology, Intelligent Design

11}

Explore the features of a remarkable mineral erupted from volcanoes that is found in our teeth. How did it get there? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 19, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaeology, Biomimetics, California, cryptology, crystallography, Death Valley, design filter, fine-tuning, forensic science, geophysics, geysers, ice, intelligent design, lightning, magnets, optimization, rocks, Smithsonian Magazine, snowflakes, volcanoes}

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

_{David Coppedge
August 19, 2025

Environment & Climate, Geology, Intelligent Design

7}

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
Casey Luskin

Date
July 2, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, beauty, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, bioethics, biology, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, chemistry, Colorado, computer science, cosmology, Daniel Reeves, Emily Reeves, engineering, evo-devo, evolution, faith and science, geologists, geology, Guillermo Gonzalez, history, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Ivy League, Jay Richards, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, literature, Logan Gage, medicine, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, multiverse, origin of life, Paul Nelson, physics, Richard Gunasekera, Robert J. Marks, Rocky Mountains, scientocracy, sexuality, society, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, undergraduates, Winston Ewert}

Just Got Back from the Summer Seminars

_{Casey Luskin
July 2, 2025

Arts, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

3}

As always, this selective program was entirely cost free to participants, thanks to our generous supporters. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, astrobiologists, ATP, Chad, DNA, ecosystems, Hunga-Tonga volcano, hydrothermal vents, membranes, NASA, Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience, phosphorus, Sahara Desert, The Miracle of Man, volcanism}

Earth’s Phosphorus Supply Chains Revealed

_{David Coppedge
June 16, 2025

Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design

9}

Without phosphorus, life as we know it could not exist. How does this limiting resource get to the oceans and land? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 23, 2025

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Genetics
Geology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinian evolution, Eric Anderson, evolutionary paradigm, fossils, Guillermo Gonzalez, human origins, ID the Future, James Tour, Marcos Eberlin, podcast, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Stephen Meyer, University of Johannesburg}

A Better Explanation for Human Origins

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 23, 2025

Evolutionary Psychology, Genetics, Geology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

2}

Casey Luskin describes his experiences in South Africa while earning a PhD in Geology from the University of Johannesburg. 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, gold, iron, Jay Richards, magnetic field, Peter Ward, plate tectonics, salt, The Privileged Planet}

Plate Tectonics and Scientific Discovery

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
September 3, 2024

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

4}

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, atmosphere, continents, Drake equation, Enceladus, extraterrestrial intelligence, habitability, intelligent design, magnetic field, Mars, Nautilus, 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

9}

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
Granville Sewell

Date
June 19, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiologists, cancer, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, earthquakes, factories, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, novels, problem of pain, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Privileged Planet, trade-offs, young adults}

Novel for Young Adults Highlights the Problem of Pain

_{Granville Sewell
June 19, 2024

Faith & Science, Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

4}

For most people, the main issue in the debate pitting design versus Darwinism is not scientific, but the problem of pain. Read More ›