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Astrobiologists Offer an “Information-Based View of the Biosphere”

Even if their estimates need to be revised by a terabase or two someday, they have made it clear that our biosphere is awash in information. Read More ›
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You’re Invited! Get the Total Solar Eclipse Experience, April 7-8, in Waxahachie, TX

Beyond the sensory experience lies something even more astonishing — a cosmological coincidence of metaphysical significance to human existence.  Read More ›
Milky Way

Cosmic Fine-Tuning: A Look at the Implications

Does any of the evidence suggest a cosmic designer who is more than just the clockmaker God of the deists? Read More ›
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Photo: Earth's atmosphere, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Problem of Earth Privilege: It’s Getting Worse

So, the Earth is just a humdrum planet? Far from it, astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez argues. Read More ›
phosfate mine
Photo: Phosfate mine, Republic of Nauru, by Lorrie Graham/AusAID, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Miracle of Man: The Problem of Phosphorus

To complete the argument for prior fitness of the elements for our Privileged Species, we must deal with the availability of another essential element. Read More ›
Atlantic Ocean
Photo: South Atlantic Ocean from space, by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Ocean Color/NOAA-20/NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP.

Sara Walker: Intelligent Design without Intelligent Design

We’ll be watching Walker’s publications to see how much farther she can move in the direction of ID. Read More ›

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