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Junk Science Gets Good Press if It Supports Darwinism

September 13, 2013

The headlines for some scientific news stories might leave philosophers of science wagging their heads. Few, though, are the reporters willing to call something really dumb, or at least questionable—especially if it appears to support evolution.

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Evolutionists View Poison as Elixir of Life

September 11, 2013

Hydrogen cyanide is one of the most reactive and toxic molecules we know, but astrobiologists view it with almost alchemical qualities for the origin of life.

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Mars Panspermia a Sign of Desperation

September 7, 2013

A second article proposes life began on Mars, prompting some observers to point out the failures of naturalistic origin-of-life theories.

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You Are Not a Martian

August 28, 2013

Every once in awhile, someone "suggests" that life began on Mars, not Earth. Here it comes again from someone who knows better.

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Origin of Life Theory Invokes Resurrection

August 10, 2013

Some scientists from Europe and America believe in the resurrection – of proteins.

Solar System

Scientists Dodge Youthfulness of Saturn Moon Enceladus

August 7, 2013

Planetary scientists have figured out that the geysers of Enceladus vary during its orbit, but seem oddly silent about the question of how long the little moon could remain so active.

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Astrobiology: The Science of Could

July 1, 2013

Anything "could" happen. Shouldn't science deal with what does happen and what did happen? The "could" word is rampant in astrobiology literature and origin-of-life studies.

Astronomy

Public Invited to Participate in Astrobiology's Future

May 24, 2013

NASA's Astrobiology Program is charting a new roadmap for future projects, and the public is allowed to voice its opinions.

Darwin and Evolution

Detecting Panic in Evolution Articles

May 5, 2013

Some claims by evolutionists sound cool, calm and collected until you see them in context.

Astronomy

Latest Attempt to Explain Homochirality Underscores the Problem

April 23, 2013

Finding that some stars emit circularly polarized light will not help explain why life uses only left-handed amino acids.

Astronomy

What's New in the Primordial Soup?

April 19, 2013

The bubbling froth percolates with ideas about how life "emerged," each new notion trying to outdo the last in vacuity.

Cell Biology

OOLishness: The Imaginary World of Origin-of-Life Studies

March 20, 2013

Why aren't philosophers of science shaming origin-of-life researchers out of the science department? OOL theories depend on imagination, not empirical evidence, for their broad-brush conclusions.

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OOL Follies: Evolutionists Ignore the Obvious Questions

February 13, 2013

In origin-of-life (OOL) research, any partial solution seems good enough, even if the big questions go unanswered.

Darwin and Evolution

Evolutionists' Storytelling Addiction

January 23, 2013

For professionals who should be concerned with evidence, many evolutionists are given to rampant speculation. The tipoff is usually a phrase like "may have," "could have," or "conceivably."

Cosmology

The Rapture and Bosh of Glittering Generalities

January 16, 2013

Grand scenarios of cosmic evolution sound angelic, but the devil is in the details. Neil Shubin needs to get real.

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