Tag: atmosphere

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 5, 2026

Categories
Earth Sciences
Origin of Life
Planetology
Tagged
, AlphaFold, atmosphere, biochemistry, biological complexity, chance, disorder, entropy, Francis Crick, Imperial College London, informational content, intelligence, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Leslie Orgel, LUCA, molecular assembly, origin of life, panspermia, physical biasing, primitive earth, protocell, Robert E. Endres, universe, water, zircon}

New Paper Argues for the “Unreasonable Likelihood of Being”

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 5, 2026

Earth Sciences, Origin of Life, Planetology

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How long did life have to get started? Endres notes that life on earth could not have emerged until after two early global sterilizing impacts. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, articles, atmosphere, cross-reactions, David Coppedge, evolution, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, movies, myths, natural selection, origin of life, peppered moth, podcast, scientific journals, Zombie Science}

Evolution’s Stubborn Icons: Peppered Moths and Miller-Urey Still Shambling Along

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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By now, you might think that the icons of evolution that Dr. Jonathan Wells wrote about 24 years ago have been put out of our misery. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, atmosphere, biochemists, chemicals, Children of Light, coincidences, Discovery Institute, doctors, Fire-Maker, human beings, intelligent design, Michael Denton, podcast, Privileged Species, Sarah Chaffee, sun, sunlight, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water}

How Light Sustains Human Life: Michael Denton Explains

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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“The atmosphere lets through just the light we need,” says Denton, “and the sun puts out just the light we need." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atmosphere, biochemistry, Book of Nature, creatures, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Daniel Reeves, divine design, earth, Emily Reeves, engineering, enzymes, hydrogen, intelligent design, oxygen, photosynthesis, Photosystem II, plants, Robert Boyle, Sabbath, scientists, solar panels, vegetation, wisdom}

Green Creatures: The Intelligent Design of Plants

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2025

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Emily Reeves notes the operation of photosystem II, “the only enzyme in nature that is known to be able to split a water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, astronomers, atmosphere, BBC News, Big Think, biosignature, CNN, earth, exoplanets, fact check, K2-18b, magma, Neptune, New York Times, Science (journal), solar system}

Fact Check: Did Scientists Really Detect Evidence of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b?

_{Casey Luskin
April 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Planetology, Science Reporting

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The molecule is dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), and on Earth its sole known source is life (specifically, marine phytoplankton algae). Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 12, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, activists, atmosphere, climate change, documentary, electronics, engineers, Forrest Mims, ID the Future, ozone, podcast, Scientific American, scientists}

Forrest Mims on Winning the Rolex Award (And How You Can Too!)

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 12, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

By the early 1990s, Mims had built a reputation as one of America’s foremost citizen scientists. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 11, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, dust, Forrest Mims, ID the Future, NASA, ozone, science writers, scientists, sunset}

The Science of a Sunset: Unlocking the Secrets of Our Atmosphere

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 11, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

Many of us have enjoyed a colorful twilight or a stunning sunset. But how often do we think about the science behind these memorable conditions? 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

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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
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
August 27, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Alaska, atmosphere, beauty, clouds, comets, earth, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, Melissa Cain Travis, Museum of the Bible, nebulae, rainbows, scientific knowledge, solar system, stars, telescopes, The Privileged Planet, water cycle}

Beauty and Our Privileged Planet

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
August 27, 2024

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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As Jay Richards and I argue in our book, nature seems designed in such a way that the most habitable places are the best places to do science. 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

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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 ›