Reporting from the Eclipse!

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 21, 2017

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

1}

Hi, I am in Salem, Oregon, where some friends and I just spent the night at a church, and watched the eclipse this morning! Read More ›

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Date
August 19, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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, __edited, amino acids, Andrew McDiarmid, earth, eclipse, habitable zone, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Moon, sun, The Privileged Planet}

Listen: Eclipse Led to the Privileged Planet Thesis

_{Science and Culture
August 19, 2017

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

A perfect solar eclipse like the one on Monday was the inspiration for The Privileged Planet, an important and unusual book in the canon of intelligent design works. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
August 17, 2017

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Albert Einstein, Arthur Eddington, coincidence, conspiracy, earth, eclipse, General Theory of Relativity, Goldilocks Zone, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Mars, Moon, sun, The Privileged Planet}

Perfect Eclipses: Coincidence or Conspiracy?

_{Jay W. Richards
August 17, 2017

Physical Sciences

6}

The best time and place to view total solar eclipses in our Solar System is just when and where there are observers to see them. Let that sink in. Read More ›

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Date
August 15, 2017

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, chance, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, coincidence, earth, habitability, intelligent design, John Gribbin, Moon, solar eclipse, sun, The Privileged Planet}

Solar Eclipses and Life

_{Science and Culture
August 15, 2017

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

4}

The basic idea is that meeting the requirements for the habitability of the Earth for observers makes it more likely that solar eclipses are possible. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
August 14, 2017

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Idaho, intelligent design, Kentucky, lunar eclipse, Missouri, Moon, Nebraska, South Carolina, sun, Tennessee, total eclipse, Wyoming}

Don’t Miss the Solar Eclipse! (Unless You Are Ill, or Trapped in a Dungeon)

_{Jay W. Richards
August 14, 2017

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

6}

C’mon. This is the first time in almost a century that a total eclipse will traverse the fruited plains from coast to coast. Read More ›

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Date
August 9, 2017

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atmosphere, Curiosity rover, eclipse, Jupiter, Mars, Moon, planets, solar system, sun}

The Best Solar Eclipses

_{Science and Culture
August 9, 2017

Astronomy, Physical Sciences

3}

The first pictures of an eclipse from the surface of another planet were taken by NASA’s Opportunity rover on the surface of Mars in March 2004. Read More ›

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Date
August 3, 2017

Categories
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, astronomers, coincidences, earth, India, intelligent design, Moon, penumbra, solar system, sun, total solar eclipse, umbra}

Eclipse Coincidences

_{Science and Culture
August 3, 2017

Physical Sciences, Science

4}

Total solar eclipses will be visible only for another 250 million years. Read More ›

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Date
August 2, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Diamond Ring, earth, India, lunar eclipses, Moon, NASA, photography, safety, shadow bands, sun, total solar eclipse, traffic, weather}

Great American Eclipse: A Teachable Moment

_{Science and Culture
August 2, 2017

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Science

7}

Here are tips for using this rare astronomical event to share principles of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David K. DeWolf

Date
June 22, 2017

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Carl Jung, climate change, earth, Gaia, Moon, overpopulation, Paris accords, space exploration, Stephen Hawking}

Stephen Hawking: Off the Planet, to the Moon, in 200-500 Years

_{David K. DeWolf
June 22, 2017

Physical Sciences

4}

I am struck by the similarities between Hawking’s call for space exploration and the wailing and gnashing of teeth about the Paris climate accords. Read More ›