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Photo credit: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Sea Turtles and Their Trusty Magnetic Compass

All of these elements exhibit specified complexity that is indicative of intelligent design. Read More ›
Europa
Photo credit: NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech / SETI Institute, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Europa Clipper: The Moon Mission Making Waves

Astrobiologists hope this mission will help answer a couple of big questions in astrobiology. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Guillermo Gonzalez.

Plate Tectonics and Scientific Discovery

Plate tectonics is important for advanced life in multiple ways and planets with plate tectonics are very rare. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Brigitte Bourger Brigitte Bourger, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Study: Geological Habitability Parameters Imply Earth is Special and Advanced Life Extremely Rare

One thing that is likely to get some pushback is the study’s claim that modern-style plate tectonics on Earth did not commence until the Neoproterozoic. Read More ›
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Photo: Geysers of Enceladus, by NASA/JPL/SSI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Enceladus as a Habitability Test

High up on the astrobiologists’ bucket list for further exploration is a little moon of Saturn. How lively could it be at Enceladus? Read More ›
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Photo credit: He Zhu, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Challenges to Terraforming Mars Highlight the Intelligent Design of Earth

A short list of habitability requirements for humans includes the basics of air, water, and food. Read More ›
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Saturn’s Moon Titan as a Habitability Test

It’s called one of the most earthlike environments in the solar system with an atmosphere and organic molecules. How does it measure up compared to Earth? Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: No, Magnetic Field Collapse Did Not Trigger the Emergence of Animals

This adds to the many points of fine-tuning that make Earth a privileged planet that can uniquely sustain life. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Casey Luskin.

In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet 

You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Battle Butterflies

Every year, around a billion monarchs travel from across North America to gather overwinter in a few specific locations in Mexico. Read More ›

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