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Planet Habitable Zone Cannot Be Too Windy

September 19, 2013

The "habitable zone" of a planet usually concerns its distance from the star such that it can support liquid water. But what if the star fries the surface with intense stellar winds?

Cosmology

Cosmos Does Not Look Evolutionary

September 14, 2013

Evidence continues to mount that the universe and its contents appeared mature from the beginning.

Darwin and Evolution

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.

Origin of Life

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.

Origin of Life

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.

Physics

Snowball Earth: Manufacturing a Narrative

September 2, 2013

The press and TV treat presumed scenarios like a "snowball Earth" as historic facts. A look at how the sausage is made, however, shows little empirical meat and mostly filler in a process characterized by tweaking, picking, and constant debate.

Origin of Life

Observable Chemistry Does Not Logically Apply to the Origin of Life

August 22, 2013

Origin-of-life researchers assume that intelligently-designed experiments in the lab can inform them about the emergence of life without design – in short, that design proves non-design.

Solar System

Scientists Dodge Youthfulness of Saturn Moon Titan

August 17, 2013

Like Enceladus, Saturn's moon Titan shows multiple signs of being far less than 4.5 billion years old – yet the press releases are strangely silent about the implications.

Origin of Life

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.

Solar System

Cassini Shoots "Blue Dot" of Earth

July 24, 2013

Another epic photo of Earth from space was taken on July 19 of Earth from Saturn by Cassini, and released on July 22. From Mercury, the MESSENGER spacecraft also portrayed Earth as a small dot.

Cell Biology

Parallel Universe of Microbial "Dark Matter" Revealed

July 20, 2013

As scientists continue to find incredible diversity in the smallest of organisms, realizations of all we've been missing are changing conceptions of life.

Solar System

Mystery Moon (and Meteorites, and Stars)

July 17, 2013

One would think astronomers would not be stumped in 2013 by common objects like the moon, meteors and stars. But they are. It's driving them mad.

Astronomy

Extrasolar Planets: Bigger and More Mortal

June 10, 2013

Many of the stars and planets found by the Kepler spacecraft are not earthlike. Also, astronomers have seen planets destroyed by their stars.

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.

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