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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 3, 2019
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Exoplanets, Intelligent Design, Peer review, Physics

Doubt cast on new “exomoon” Rob Sheldon explains

Denyse O'Leary
May 3, 2019
Exoplanets, Intelligent Design, Peer review, Physics
Sheldon: There are red flags all over this data, but the investigators are standing by their measurement. This is what irreproducible papers look like in physics, and why the same crisis that afflicts other disciplines also afflicts physics. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 3, 2019
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Cell biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Can the giant Medusa virus help explain the evolution of complex life?

Denyse O'Leary
May 3, 2019
Cell biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
As described, the authors’ explanation doesn’t follow. The Medusavirus substituting its own DNA for that of the host is no different from the cuckoo substituting its own offspring for another bird’s in a nest. The fact that the strategy works does not necessarily demonstrate a hereditary relationship between the two species. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 1, 2019
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Rob Sheldon: Here’s why physicists are surprised by the universe’s increased expansion rate

Denyse O'Leary
May 1, 2019
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
The two methods differ in that one is "direct" and the other "indirect". Clearly one or both of them is making a mistake. Since it is hard to find (and people have looked) a reason why the direct method is failing, the feeling is that the indirect method must have a mistake in its model. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 1, 2019
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Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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Recent finding: The “water world” exoplanets are not habitable ocean planets

Denyse O'Leary
May 1, 2019
Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
So, it turns out, even if there IS lots of water in a solar system, that doesn't add up to habitability either. Talk about Rare Earth and Privileged Planet. Read More ›