SCT: Another Design Word to Know: Phenology
December 12, 2025
Organisms must adapt to seasonal change, and they come well equipped for year-round living.
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How Flowers Bloom on Time
October 3, 2020
Plants seem to know when to produce their blossoms. How do whole fields of them bloom together?
Why Milankovitch Cycle Theory Is Like Astrology
June 22, 2018
Sometimes a hunch proves to be unworkable. The Milankovitch Cycle theory has too many complications. It’s time to give it up. In the 1920s, Milutin Milankovitch, a Serbian astronomer, mathematician and popularizer of science, had a bright idea. Knowing that certain orbital cycles drift over time, he wondered if they could influence the earth’s climate. […]
Facing Reality About Life on Other Planets: Moon, Atmosphere, and Mass
August 29, 2017
This is part 3 of Dr Henry Richter's discussion on the requirements for life to exist on a planet elsewhere in the universe.