Tag: supernova

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beards, birds, brassiere, cows, Deborah Kellerman, DNA switch, EMBO Reports, evolution, Evolving Minds Project, fingernails, fish, flies, health, horned lizard, Ig Nobel Prizes, Igs, Improbable Research, jaws, jellyfish, just-so stories, Lasker Prize, leopard, lizards, mammals, Nature (journal), pangolin, paw pads, protocells, pufferfish, Regina Nuzzo, seahorse, storytelling, super-alcohol, supernova, Titan, turtle, Vladimir Leksa, vole}

What’s More Deserving of Ig Nobel Prizes than Evolutionary Just-So Stories?

_{David Coppedge
September 25, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The committee passed up some research that would have raised eyebrows and given the crowd some hearty laughs. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 10, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, cells, civilization, dumb luck, earth, Earth’s crust, foresight, fossils, intelligent design, iron, Jupiter, mantle, metals, planets, platinum, Saturn, silver, solar panels, stars, Stone Age, supernova, toxicity, uranium, wealth}

Metals: From Stars to Cells

_{Eric Hedin
May 10, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Tracing metals back to their ultimate origins, the processes of stellar nucleosynthesis come into focus. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chimpanzees, culture, David Barash, Denyse O'Leary, Disney, fiction, fungi, horror, human beings, humans, humanzee, lyrics, materialism, movies, Museum of Natural History, mushrooms, music, nihilism, Periodic Table, Pinocchio, Seattle, soul, stardust, stars, supernova, University of Washington, Victor Davis Hanson, young people}

Humans and Fungi: In Wish, Disney Goes to War on Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
December 14, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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Dismantling the discontinuity of humans with nature is the goal of a cheery, innocent-sounding Disney song. Read More ›

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Date
January 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Geophysics
Origin of Life
Rare Earth
Tagged
, bacteria, biophysics, Cambrian Explosion, eukaryotes, evolution, geochemistry, geophysics, Great Oxidation Event, heme, hemoglobin, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, iron, Mars, nutrients, oceans, Oxford University, oxygen, PNAS, supernova, toxicity, Washington University}

No Iron, No Life: Intelligent Design in Iron Availability

_{Science and Culture
January 25, 2022

Biology, Geophysics, Origin of Life, Rare Earth

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As an exercise, count the number of lucky breaks that had to occur for the evolutionary story to work. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 16, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Bernard Carr, Earth-like planets, electromagnetic force, electrons, George Ellis, gravity, heavy elements, intelligent design, John Barrow, Luke Barnes, oxygen, Paul Davies, Sabine Hossenfelder, supernova, temperatures, theoretical physics}

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Challenges the Evidence for Cosmological Fine-Tuning

_{Brian Miller and Stephen C. Meyer
October 16, 2020

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Hossenfelder’s strongest argument is that many fine-tuning parameters cannot in fact be quantified. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
June 7, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, earth, evolution, galaxy, heavy elements, life, planets, Research, solar system, sun, supernova, universe}

Reader’s Question: Planets in the Early Universe

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
June 7, 2020

Physical Sciences

3}

The problem with the early universe is that it was a much more dangerous place. Read More ›

Sunset in savannah of Africa with acacia trees, Safari in Serengeti of Tanzania

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Author
Olufemi Oluniyi

Date
June 13, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, brain, colonialism, cosmic rays, Evolution News, functionality, human origins, Human Zoos, Ian Sample, ligaments, Milky Way, muscles, nerves, Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, pseudoscience, Social Darwinism, supernova, tendons, The Guardian, witch doctor}

Upright Walking and African Witch Doctors

_{Olufemi Oluniyi
June 13, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

4}

In seeking to explain what makes humans exceptional, current evolutionists convert guesswork into a methodology, as humans did for long ages in the pre-scientific past. Read More ›

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Date
March 5, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __k-review, bromine, Bronze Age, calcium, carbon, chlorine, collagen, Donald Brownlee, Enceladus, Europa, hydrogen, intelligent design, Iron Age, Jupiter, magnesium, Michael Denton, Milky Way, nitrogen, oxygen, Periodic Table, Peter Ward, phosphorus, potassium, rare earth elements, Saturn, Science (journal), sodium, Stone Age, sulfur, supernova, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, Vanderbilt University}

Rare Earth Elements and Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
March 5, 2019

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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Can we explain human technology merely by supernova explosions and blind chance? In rare earth elements, we find hints of a better explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 11, 2018

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, astrophysics, ATP, Drake equation, earth, Ethan Siegel, evolution, extraterrestrial intelligence, Forbes, galaxy, meteorites, Milky Way, molecule, National Academy of Sciences, optimism, phosphorous, planets, replicator, rocks, science, SETI, supernova}

Updating the Drake Equation

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 11, 2018

Biology, Chemistry, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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The Drake equation is simply the product of a set of factors, estimating the number of active, technologically advanced, communicating civilizations in our galaxy. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 5, 2018

Categories
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atmosphere, ATP, biomolecules, carbon dioxide, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, DNA, earth, elements, enzymes, mantle, methane, ocean, phosphorous, phosphorylation, planetary fine-tuning, RNA, rock, solar system, supernova, temperature, The Privileged Planet, water}

New Geochemical Discoveries Reaffirm Earth as a Privileged Planet

_{Casey Luskin
April 5, 2018

Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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