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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Biology
Physical Sciences
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, __edited, “consensus science”, abiogenesis, astrobiology, brain, carbon, consciousness, Darwinism, earth, extraterrestrial life, faith, Jeffrey Epstein, Macquarie University, Mars, materialism, neuroscience, nitrogen, oxygen, science fiction, SETI, universe}

The “Surprisingly Consistent” Answer to the Question: Are We Alone in the Universe?

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2020

Astronomy, Biology, Physical Sciences

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The firm belief in extraterrestrial life — a belief nearly universal in the scientific community — is an act of faith. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
January 7, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
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, __edited, Apollo 8, beauty, butterflies, Carl Sagan, color, crystals, earth, Earthrise, flowers, insects, Mars, Moon, natural selection, Neptune, peacock, rainbows, sexual selection, solar system, surprise, Uranus, Venus}

Earth — The Mystery of Our Colorful Home

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
January 7, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Certainly, there is no logical reason why life should be wedded to the transcendental value of beauty. Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
December 19, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, astrobiology, biosignatures, Buddhism, Cambrian Explosion, Christianity, Darwin-skeptics, dinosaurs, entomology, extraterrestrial life, Hinduism, insects, intelligent design, Judaism, Mars, NASA, New Testament, pareidolia, religion, St. Louis, Unbelievable}

Mars Bugs and Intelligent Design — On a Collision Course?

_{Mike Keas
December 19, 2019

Physical Sciences

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I picture Ohio University officials turning as red as Mars over Professor Romoser’s exotic claims. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 4, 2019

Categories
Engineering
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, education, evolution, high school, Mars, math, NASA, Neo-Darwinism, Next Generation Science Standards, science, scientific inquiry, Smithsonian Institution, strengths and weaknesses, students, Wired Magazine}

How Should We Then Teach Evolution?

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 4, 2019

Engineering, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Students who learn the difficult but important skills of examining data are more likely to engage in learning that sets them up for future STEM success. Read More ›

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Date
September 18, 2019

Categories
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, astrobiology, Atacama Desert, Australia, BBC News, cable bacteria, carbon, Chile, DNA, Great Barrier Reef, intelligent design, Live Science, Mars, microbes, molecular machines, Nature Communications, Nature Scientific Reports, New Scientist, oxygen, Paul Nelson, perchlorates, PNAS}

With an Assist from Nature, DNA Travels the Globe

_{Science & Culture
September 18, 2019

Life Sciences

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Life makes its way around the world using nonliving transportation systems, seeding the world with complex specified information. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
May 29, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, Albert Einstein, Arthur Eddington, astronomers, coincidence, conspiracy, earth, eclipse, Goldilocks Zone, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Mars, Moon, science, sun, The Privileged Planet}

Perfect Eclipses: Coincidence or Conspiracy?

_{Jay W. Richards
May 29, 2019

Physical Sciences

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Today we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the solar eclipse that, on May 29, 1919, physicist Arthur Eddington observed, seeking to test the General Theory of Relativity. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
May 23, 2019

Categories
Environment & Climate
Geophysics
Origin of Life
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __nedited, Alfred Wegener, Aristotle, biodiversity, Continental Drift, Copernicus, Darwinists, desert, Donald Brownlee, earth, exoplanets, heliocentrism, magnetic field, Mars, Milky Way, Peter Ward, plate tectonics, sun, Venus, volcanism}

Plate Tectonics: Why Life Is Served on Plates

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
May 23, 2019

Environment & Climate, Geophysics, Origin of Life, Planetology, Rare Earth

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The ground under your feet is literally moving. The continents are drifting apart near an average rate of one inch per year. Read More ›

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Date
May 3, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, arthropods, Biomimetics, blood, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cilia, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, exoplanets, Hallucigenia, intelligent design, Live Science, Mars, Michael Behe, mollusks, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Science (journal), Texas A&M, University of Alberta, University of Warwick, white blood cells}

Read Carefully, Nature News Conspires to Refute Darwinism

_{Science & Culture
May 3, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The kingfisher bird has to dive after fish rapidly without busting its beak. Japanese scientists looked into the physics of this, and redesigned the noses of their bullet trains. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 28, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, artificial intelligence, Bradley Center, Dallas, George Gilder, Jay Richards, Karl Marx, Mars, Marxism, Robert J. Marks II, Silicon Valley, work}

Gilder: AI and the Return of the Marxist Utopia

_{David Klinghoffer
April 28, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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In this vision, thanks to AI, work is to become an obsolete concept as we all sit around on the beach collecting a monthly paycheck from the government. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 22, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __cedited, Amazon, consciousness, earth, environmentalism, Ferris Jabr, humanity, Lake Erie, life, Mars, misanthropy, morality, mysticism, nature rights, New York Times, organisms, religion, rivers, sentience, Toledo}

The Earth: It’s Alive! It’s Alive!

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 22, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Even James Lovelock, who created Gaia Theory, now worries that environmentalism has become a religion. Read More ›