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Cosmos and Life: Everything Points to a Paradigm Shift

Why would most people avoid drinking stagnant water from a puddle or a swamp? Probably not for fear of ingesting some dissolved salts or minerals. Read More ›
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Are We at Another Lemaître Moment? Cosmological Evidence Suggests So

The universe is not large in spite of us — it is large, in part, because of what it takes to produce us. Read More ›
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aliens in the desert take a selfie. Generative AI
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The Search for Extraterrestrials: Keeping Hope Alive

The question looms: How much can science avoid facts while retaining the character of science? Read More ›
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Now, It’s Rights for Planets, Moons, and Space Microbes

The ultimate purpose in granting such rights would be to disincentivize investments in space exploration and keep us Gaia-bound. Read More ›
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Interview with Edward Peltzer on the Origin of Life

A student of Stanley Miller and Jeffrey Bada explains the failure of materialistic origin-of-life scenarios. Read More ›
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Photo: Venus, by NASA/JPL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Geometric Design in the Solar System

My favorite example of such geometric design arises from the mean orbits of our innermost two planets, Mercury and Venus. Read More ›
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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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Biologist Michael Levin Is at It Again, Now Pushing at the Mind-Brain Equation

When caterpillars are in their chrysalises, their brains physically dissolve (along with the rest of their bodies) and are rebuilt as butterfly brains. Read More ›
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Photo: Curiosity self-portrait, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design in Action: Mars Archaeology

A new scientific research field began when intelligently designed artifacts started appearing on a lifeless planet. Read More ›
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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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