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Remembering the First Manned Moon Landing at 50; What Does the Future Hold?

I remember watching the Apollo moon landings on TV from 1969 to 1972 as a child. Read More ›
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‘Oumuamua Revisited: Prospect of Intelligent Aliens Puts Materialists in a Pickle

A mysterious oblong object, ‘Oumuamua, was observed a couple of years ago, transiting across the Solar System. Read More ›
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Image credit: Planck satellite, by ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Confirming the Big Bang: The Recent Decades

The Big Bang theory also gives us an age for the universe. The latest estimate, based on several cosmological observations, is 13.80 +/- 0.02 billion years. Read More ›
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Image: An exoplanet (artist’s rendering), by ESA/Hubble [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Exoplanets and the Fermi Paradox

Contrary to first impressions, exoplanet discoveries actually strengthen the impact of the Fermi Paradox. Read More ›
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Image: Galileo Facing the Roman Inquisition, by Cristiano Banti / Public domain.

Listen: Did Galileo Prove the Catholic Church’s Irrational Opposition to Science?

There’s plenty here for both scientists and theologians to learn — as well as anyone who thinks Galileo shows the Church was at war against science. Read More ›
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Image: Carl Sagan lectures to school kids, in a scene from Cosmos (screen shot).

Denton Turns Sagan’s “Humdrum Star” on Its Head

“Flooded with the light of life”: What a beautiful way of putting it. This creates a double dilemma for materialists. Read More ›
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Image: Pioneer 10 plaque, designed by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake; artwork prepared by Linda Salzman, Sagan.Photograph, by NASA Ames Resarch Center (NASA-ARC) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Let There Be Light — New Book from Michael Denton Continues Privileged Species Series

This is intelligent design that sweeps the planet, covering not biology alone, but chemistry, geology, and physics. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Isaac Newton (bust), in the British Museum, by Aaron Bradley, via Flickr.

Commonweal Misrepresents Isaac Newton, Intelligent Design

Newton was arguing from science, not religion. But that doesn’t fit the Epicurean mythos that religion opposes naturalism while science confirms it. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Earth as seen from the International Space Station, by Chris Meaney, NASA Goddard's Conceptual Image Lab.

A Panicked Scientist, a Privileged Planet

Our planet’s view of the sun is critical to life, obviously, but equally critical is that it’s a shielded view. Read More ›
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Photo source: StockSnap, via Pixabay.

New Geochemical Discoveries Reaffirm Earth as a Privileged Planet

Remember CHONPS — the acronym you learned in high school to remember the elements most important for life? Read More ›

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