OSIRIS_Mars_true_color Type post Author David Coppedge Date March 4, 2025 CategoriesPlanetologyRare Earth Tagged , astrobiologists, Christopher McKay, Icarus, Mars, nutrients, perchlorates, soil, spacecraft, Viking mission Hope for Mars Life Is Dashed Again David Coppedge March 4, 2025 Planetology, Rare Earth 1 Subsequent landers discovered a high concentration of perchlorates in the soil. Perchlorates are chlorinated salts, often used in fireworks. Read More ›
Charles Darwin Type post Author Neil Thomas Date November 10, 2021 CategoriesChemistryEvolutionEvolutionary PsychologyPaleontology Tagged , Charles Darwin, evolution, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), Louis Pasteur, macromutations, Mars, micromutations, Niles Eldredge, Paul Davies, sociobiology, Stanley Miller, Stephen Jay Gould, Viking mission, William Harvey Fables of Evolutionary Psychology (aka Sociobiology) Neil Thomas November 10, 2021 Chemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Paleontology 7 Evolutionary psychologists are prone to make up just-so stories which are then passed off as being entirely veridical. Read More ›
