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Image: “Snowball Earth,” via NASA.

When Evolving Life, Don’t Forget the Astrophysics

What happens down here depends a lot on what’s going on up there. Read More ›
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Updating the Drake Equation

The Drake equation is simply the product of a set of factors, estimating the number of active, technologically advanced, communicating civilizations in our galaxy. Read More ›
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Image credit: M. Weiss/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Light Sails: In Fast Radio Bursts, Harvard Scientists Seek Evidence of Intelligent Design

Distinguishing nature from artifact is the main point for intelligent design research. Read More ›
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Radio telescope at Parkes in central New South Wales Australia
Radio telescope at Parkes in central New South Wales Australia
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To Rule Out False Positives in the Search for ET, Astrophysicist Advocates a Design Filter

Compare "aliens did it" to intelligent design as an inference to the best explanation. Read More ›
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Woman inside waterfall flow
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Dembski responds to Anti-ID article by SETI Astronomer

Shostak's argument is that SETI doesn't search for intelligent design, but rather "artificiality" in the universe. Read More ›

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