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God and the Astronomers, Revisited

"A point of creation would be a place where science broke down. One would have to appeal to religion and the hand of God." Guess who said that? Read More ›
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No, Copernicus Did Not Remove Us from the Hub of the Universe

The significance of the earth and humanity, or our insignificance, does not hinge on age or "central" location. Read More ›

A Privileged Planet — with Space Aliens

Cosmologist John Gribbin cleverly inoculates himself against any suspicion -- which would naturally come up given his thesis -- of harboring thoughts of intelligent design. Read More ›
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A Big Problem for Naturalistic Explanations of Life’s Origins: Zircon Shows Oxygen Present in the Early Earth

New studies show that oxygen was present in Earth's atmosphere at or near its current levels 4.4 billion years ago. Read More ›

SETI Astronomer Says Life’s “Not All That Special” Even as His Own Program Suggests Otherwise

SETI Institute has yet to detect any echo of extra-terrestial intelligence. That's a big part of the reason that SETI had to shut down, for lack of funding, its Allen Telescope Array. Read More ›
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Galileo Galilei facing Roman inquisition, abandoning his views on heliocentricism. Reenactment of an important historical moment shaping the course of science and religion.
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Please, NASA, No More Galileos!

The David Coppedge case stands as an egregious instance of intolerance toward scientific dissent, so much so that it merits your attention and action, for Caltech runs JPL under contract with NASA, a government agency, and is thus indirectly accountable to the electorate, by which I mean you, dear reader. Read More ›

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