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Bronze Age

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Photo credit: garethwiscombe, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Science Writing Tries to Smash Human Exceptionalism

Stone tool use among animals versus the Stone Age provides a useful illustration of the tendency. Read More ›
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Photo source: YouTube / Uncommon Knowledge (screenshot).

“Beyond Evolution”: Where James Tour and Stephen Meyer Disagree

When you plant an inert, seemingly dead thing — a seed — in the ground, and it grows to be a flower, what has just happened? Life has happened. But why? Read More ›
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Photo: Copper alloy arrowheads from the Bronze Age, Leicestershire, England, by The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Discovery of Metals — A Double-Edged Sword

Why should the melting points of common metals be attainable in furnaces heated by burning carbon-based organic matter? Read More ›
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Photo: Smelting, by Allen Drebert / Public domain.

Fire and Metals — Primal Discoveries, by Design

The ability to tame fire led to the invention of the art of cooking, and much more. Read More ›
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Rare Earth Elements and Intelligent Design

Can we explain human technology merely by supernova explosions and blind chance? In rare earth elements, we find hints of a better explanation. Read More ›

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