aliens-in-the-desert-take-a-selfie-generative-ai-stockpack-a-571340103-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date October 15, 2025 CategoriesPlanetologyScientific ReasoningTechnology Tagged , alien civilizations, astrobiologists, Avi Loeb, BBC, Carl Sagan, David Kipping, extraterrestrials, Gizmodo, Hayabusa2, Jacob Haqq Misra, John Gertz, Jonathan O’Callaghan, Matt Williams, NASA, OSIRIS-REx, Principle of Mediocrity, Ravi Kopparapu, Rolf Dobelli, Science Alert, Science Focus, SETI, solar system, technology, technosignatures, The Privileged Planet The Search for Extraterrestrials: Keeping Hope Alive Denyse O’Leary October 15, 2025 Planetology, Scientific Reasoning, Technology 6 The question looms: How much can science avoid facts while retaining the character of science? Read More ›
James Webb Space Telescope Type post Date September 20, 2022 CategoriesAstronomyPhilosophyPhysical SciencesScience Tagged , Big Bang, Big Bang Theory, Caleb Scharf, culture, David Papineau, free will, galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope, Jonathan O’Callaghan, Michael Egnor, Milky Way, Robert J. Marks II, Scientific American Is Webb Breaking the Big Bang Paradigm? Science and Culture September 20, 2022 Astronomy, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Science 4 There is a lot of culture and philosophy built into the Big Bang theory as we understand it. Read More ›
Mars Type post Date July 23, 2021 CategoriesPhysical Sciences Tagged , aliens, Carl Sagan, Casey Luskin, chemical evolution, Cornell University, Curiosity rover, Darwinism, Enceladus, Francesco Redi, Jonathan Bartlett, Jonathan Lunine, Jonathan O’Callaghan, Louis Pasteur, maggots, Mars, methane, microbes, Mind Matters, New Scientist, phosphine, probabilistic resources, The Conversation, University of Arizona, University of Washington, Venus Methane Causes Space Aliens? Science and Culture July 23, 2021 Physical Sciences 8 Recent sensational headlines give astute readers occasion to contrast valid scientific inferences from leaps of faith based on worldview assumptions. Read More ›