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Photo credit: “Earth as Viewed From 10,000 Miles,” November 9, 1967, from Apollo 4, by NASA.

“Optimism” and a Lonely Planet

Adam Frank (University of Rochester) interviewed fellow astrophysicist Avi Loeb (Harvard) about the future possibility of detecting “techno-signatures” from space. Read More ›
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Photo: From One Strange Rock (trailer), via National Geographic.

From National Geographic, New TV Series to Violate Materialist Taboo?

Neither the Earth nor the human race is allowably described as unusual, because that could suggest (shudder) intelligent design. Read More ›
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Medved, Richards Ask: Are We Alone in the Universe?

If life in the universe is singular, if we’re it and there is no other life, whether intelligent or otherwise, what’s the bad news about that, and what’s the good news? Read More ›
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Censor of the Year
Photo: Book burning, Chile, 1973, by Weekly Review (CIA Freedom of Information Act) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Time Is Running Out: Don’t Forget to Submit Your Nominations for Censor of the Year

We will announce this year’s winner, as always, in time for February 12, Darwin’s birthday, celebrated here as Academic Freedom Day. Read More ›
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Photo: Bill Nye, by Will Folsom [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Bill Nye Insults the World: “Creationists” Have “Small Brains”

Nye is big on praising diversity. But when it comes to a diversity of viewpoints on evolution, the façade of broadmindedness drops. Read More ›
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Image: TRAPPIST-1 System, artist's highly imaginative rendering, by NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Lonely Planet — Metaxas on the TRAPPIST-1 System

Insightfully, our friend Eric Metaxas notes a loneliness for companionship from beyond the stars. Read More ›
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#3 of Our Top Ten Evolution Stories of 2014: Cosmos Finale Takes One Last Shot at the Privileged Planet Thesis

It was a fitting end, in keeping with what we've seen already in the series. Read More ›

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