Mount_Taranaki_or_Mount_Egmont,_New_Zealand Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 30, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsEnvironment & Climate Tagged , colonialism, conservation, duties, environmentalism, indigenous people, mountains, nature rights, New Zealand, powers, public policy, responsibilities, rights, Santa Monica, Yellowstone This Mountain Is Now a “Person” with “Rights” and Even “Responsibilities” Wesley J. Smith January 30, 2025 Bioethics, Environment & Climate 2 And what responsibilities can the mountain possibly assume? Can it be sued for an avalanche? Ridiculous! Read More ›
Enceladus_geysers_June_2009 Type post Author David Coppedge Date August 12, 2024 CategoriesIntelligent DesignPhysical Sciences Tagged , astrobiologists, astrobiology, atmosphere, Cassini mission, column water vapor, Enceladus, Eric Hedin, geysers, habitability, intelligent design, iron, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, magnetic field, magnetometer, Mars, Michael Denton, Saturn, Science Advances, temperature, Titan, Voyager spacecraft, Yellowstone Enceladus as a Habitability Test David Coppedge August 12, 2024 Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences 9 High up on the astrobiologists’ bucket list for further exploration is a little moon of Saturn. How lively could it be at Enceladus? Read More ›
Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone Type post Author David Coppedge Date May 12, 2022 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , archaea, ATP, bacteria, biotechnology, conservation, COVID-19, enzyme, eukaryotes, evolution, Evolution News, heat, hot springs, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, kinase, Nature (journal), ribose, RNA, therapeutics, tRNA, University of Tokyo, Vaccines, Yellowstone Transfer RNAs Wear Special Gear for Hot Water David Coppedge May 12, 2022 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design 7 As usual, evolution-talk is inversely proportional to the amount of detail presented about cellular workings. Read More ›
Chernobyl 2 Type post Date July 11, 2019 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __edited, arthropods, bears, bioRxiv, boars, Chernobyl, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, DNA, homeostasis, intelligent design, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Richard Lenski, tardigrades, United Nations, water bears, wolves, Yellowstone From Chernobyl Disaster Site, a Boost for Intelligent Design Science and Culture July 11, 2019 Evolution, Intelligent Design 9 The lesson from Chernobyl is this: radiation kills, but life comes prepared to defend itself. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 10, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsGeologyHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __k-review, Amazon River, animals, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, deforestation, Ganges River, indigenous people, mosquito, nature rights, Old Faithful, pond scum, rivers, slavery, trial lawyers, Yellowstone Court Grants Amazon River Legal “Rights” Wesley J. Smith April 10, 2018 Bioethics, Geology, Human Exceptionalism 4 The potential deleterious consequences to humankind from “nature rights” are beyond measuring — except to trial lawyers. Read More ›
