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CubeSats
Photo: CubeSats, by NASA/Tracy Dyson.

New Evidence that Supports the Privileged Planet Thesis

A newly revised, rewritten, and updated book refutes the materialistic assumptions of the Copernican principle. Read More ›
fossil leaf
Photo credit: Guillermo Gonzalez.

Plate Tectonics and Scientific Discovery

Plate tectonics is important for advanced life in multiple ways and planets with plate tectonics are very rare. Read More ›
HamekoskiIronFoundry
Image source: Wikimedia Commons.

Eric Hedin: The Miracle(s) of Metal

Humans have successfully utilized metals for millennia, and trace amounts of metals are crucial to our survival. Is that coincidence or something more? Read More ›
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Photo: Leaf cells, by KarlGaff, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

An Astonishing Life-Friendly Coincidence: The Properties of the Nonmetal Atoms

It is well established that there are far more ways in which the universe might have been that are non-conducive to life than there are life-friendly ways. Read More ›
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Photo: A ratchet, by Eliran t, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Life an Information Ratchet?

Some examples of ratchets include a socket wrench, an old-fashioned car jack, and a winch mounted on a truck or on a ship to haul up an anchor. Read More ›
Apollo 17
Photo credit: Apollo 17/NASA.

A Miraculous Existence

Zeeya Merali asks a good question: If God desired to send us a message, how would He do it? Read More ›

After Fifty Years of Searching for ETs, Materialists Won’t Take No for an Answer

If your idea is that life on Earth is nothing special, it follows that life should be plentiful in the cosmos. Read More ›
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A Glimpse into a Scientist's Mind Through Chalk Drawings
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Cosmic Archaeology: Taking the Sting Out of the Drake Equation

Could it be that life is so unlikely as to require a designer's guidance for it to come into existence? Read More ›

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