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Image: An artist imagines exoplanet K2-18b, by Arndt Stelter, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fact Check: Did Scientists Really Detect Evidence of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b?

The molecule is dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), and on Earth its sole known source is life (specifically, marine phytoplankton algae). Read More ›
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“Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits

When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray.

Pointing to Design, Ross Douthat Makes the Case that Religious Belief Is Rational

He kicks off the book by talking about the evident design in nature and the fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›
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Hey DOGE, Take a Look at NASA

For the materialist, atheist evolutionary viewpoint to be valid, life must be easy to evolve, so aliens MUST be out there somewhere. Read More ›
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Could This Be the Year’s Most Ridiculous Idea About How Life Originated?

Stories like this always want to tell us how Earth and life are not “special.” It’s an obsession with science writers, and seemingly with the folks at NASA too. Read More ›
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John West: Science’s Debt to Intelligent Design Is Not Just in the Past — But Today

The God hypothesis… Where have I heard that phrase, used by columnist Ross Douthat, before? Read More ›
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Ross Douthat on the Universe’s Remarkable Intelligibility

Suppose that science itself suffers if we preemptively rule out certain conclusions. Read More ›
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Here’s the Other Common Objection to Intelligent Design — Answered

If you asked me, “Do you believe in evolution?” I would reply “I believe in the evolution of life, and the evolution of automobiles." Read More ›
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Learning to Love Industrial Farming

"Old MacDonald-style farms where soil is nurtured with love and animals have names rather than numbers may sound environmentally friendly." Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Say Hello to Our Microscopic Granddaddy?

What we do know is that it is definitely not our earliest ancestor. Another overhyped missing link bites the dust. Read More ›

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