Tag: Encyclopaedia Britannica

A 1940s style American kitchen, green. Generative AI

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Date
November 25, 2025

Categories
Geology
Historical Sciences
Tagged
, Anthropocene, climate, earth, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eugene F. Stoermer, geological epochs, geologists, geology, history, Holocene Epoch, humankind, humans, International Commission on Stratigraphy, New York Yankees, Paul J. Crutzen, Quaternary Period, sediments, Stone Age, Ville Lähde}

As an Idea, the “Anthropocene” Era Is Dead

_{Science and Culture
November 25, 2025

Geology, Historical Sciences

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in a world where pundits regularly accuse us all of being too anthropocentric, the naming of a new geological epoch would enshrine that view forever in science. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Carl Sagan, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Francis Crick, groupthink, Imperial College London, Interesting Engineering, Leslie Orgel, Live Science, Lynn Margulis, Mark Thompson, Medium, National Geographic, Occam’s razor, origin of life, protocell, Psychology for Mental Health, Robert Endres, Science Sensei, spontaneous emergence, Star Trek, Star Wars, terraforming, Universe Today}

At Present, the Origin of Life Isn’t a Scientific Question; It’s a Political One

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Some answers are Correct Groupthink but others will get you Canceled. It’s not clear that the current approach will enable many more insights. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Benjamin Franklin, chicken, Claude Shannon, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Essays on Life Itself, garden snail, genome, George D. Rose, Hypatia of Alexandria, information, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, junk DNA, Levinthal paradox, Life Itself, logos, Michael Levin, nature, Neoplatonism, Nous, Peter Tompa, physical world, Plato's Revenge, Plotinus, Protein Science (journal), Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, seashells, snails, The Physical Basis of Biology, Walter Elsasser, whiteboard, yeast}

A Diffident Revolutionary

_{David Klinghoffer
June 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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In a meeting with colleagues at Discovery Institute in 2024, Richard Sternberg was sketching his thoughts on a whiteboard. Read More ›