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This artist’s impression shows the planet orbiting the Sun-like star HD 85512 in the southern constellation of Vela (The Sail). This planet is one of sixteen super-Earths discovered by the HARPS instrument on the 3.6-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory. This planet is about 3.6 times as massive as the Earth lis at the edge of the habitable zone around the star, where liquid water, and perhaps even life, could potentially exist.

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Date
June 30, 2018

Categories
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, abiogenesis, cosmos, Darwin's Doubt, Douglas Axe, Drake equation, earth, Ethan Siegel, evolution, extraterrestrial intelligence, Forbes, intellignet design, Oxford University, protein evolution, science, Signature in the Cell, statistics, Stephen Meyer, uncertainty, universe}

Are We Alone in the Cosmos? Here’s a Real Paradox for You

_{Science and Culture
June 30, 2018

Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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The problem is, none of these people cite papers or other writing by researchers on intelligent design, like the work done by Douglas Axe on protein evolution probabilities. Read More ›

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Author
Rachel Adams

Date
May 2, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
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, __k-review, abortion, Alfie Evans, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, earth, Ebola, euthanasia, Forbes, genocide, Jonathan Witt, life, Marvel Cinematic Universe, National Review, Paul Ehrlich, technocracy, The Abolition of Man, The War on Humans, Wesley Smith}

Avengers: Infinity War — The Culture of Death Goes Galactic

_{Rachel Adams
May 2, 2018

Bioethics

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The archvillain's motivations are crystal clear, and very familiar if you know about the views on human population associated with Paul Ehrlich or, even more so, Eric Pianka. Read More ›

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Date
April 22, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, Forbes, Germany, Günter Bechly, Human Zoos, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, Michael Behe, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, podcast, premiere, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines (film), Seattle}

Listen: West, Boyer, and the “Darwin Woodstock”

_{Science and Culture
April 22, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. West shares a fascinating postscript to the story of German paleontologist Günter Bechly. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 11, 2018

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, astrophysics, ATP, Drake equation, earth, Ethan Siegel, evolution, extraterrestrial intelligence, Forbes, galaxy, meteorites, Milky Way, molecule, National Academy of Sciences, optimism, planets, rocks, science, SETI, supernova}

Updating the Drake Equation

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 11, 2018

Biology, Chemistry, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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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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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, America, animal breeding, Artificial Selection, Charles Darwin, education, Ethiopian, eugenics, Europe, Forbes, heredity, John West, natural selection, Racism, Scopes Monkey Trial, textbook, variation, Wikipedia}

Wikipedia on Hunter’s Civic Biology

_{David Klinghoffer
March 20, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

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Of course, there’s a page on the subject, and you guessed it, they deceptively minimize the theme of eugenics and racism in the book. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 2, 2011

Categories
Science Reporting
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __nedited, ad hoc hypotheses, argument from analogy, Cambrian Explosion, common ancestry, common descent, DNA, evidence for id, Forbes, John Farrell, Medieval science, methodological naturalism, misrepresentation, natural philosophy, nested hierarchy, positive case for design, Response to Criticism, sequence hypothesis, straw man, Tree of Life}

Who Misrepresented Who? A Response to John Farrell

_{Casey Luskin
April 2, 2011

Science Reporting, Scientific Reasoning

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When we find re-usage of parts in a way that cannot be explained by a phylogenetic tree and common descent, this is the sort of data we might expect under intelligent design. Read More ›