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Denyse O'Leary
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October 31, 2019
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Astrophysicist Adam Frank: Materialism is on shaky ground

Denyse O'Leary
October 31, 2019
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Physics
Frank is an expert on the final stages of evolution of stars like the sun. His computational research group has developed advanced supercomputer tools in order to study how stars form and die. So he would incline to a materialist view, surely? But no, he says, quantum physics blew all that away. And some neuroscientists just haven’t caught up. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 31, 2019
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Sabine Hossenfelder: There is a crisis in physics and it may spread to other sciences

Denyse O'Leary
October 31, 2019
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Many science writers probably like the current state of affairs because nonsense about the multiverse and space aliens is easy to write. Artists might like it because it is easy to illustrate. Only if you cared about physics would you want to spoil the party. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 29, 2019
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Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Rob Sheldon dumps cold water on the “planetary autopsy” that says ET life is common

Denyse O'Leary
October 29, 2019
Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Sheldon: I would argue that this is a very weak argument, mostly trying to jazz up a very boring data set or at least distract the audience from remembering the "standard candle" Nobel Prize assumed that all white dwarfs were identical. Either way, its a preposterous story attempting to distract from its most distressing results. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 29, 2019
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Historian Michael Flannery: There is much more Darwin doubt now than fifty years ago

Denyse O'Leary
October 29, 2019
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Flannery: "Most interesting of all is the last essay by a noted historian and philosopher of biology, the late Jean Gayon, “What Future for Darwinism?” Against the centennial celebration, the question itself stands out as one that certainly wasn’t to be seriously asked in Chicago [in 1959]." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 28, 2019
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Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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“Moths’ ‘ears’ developed millions of years before bats” study is open access

Denyse O'Leary
October 28, 2019
Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
Researchers: "We've thought for a long time that flowering plants must have contributed to the extraordinary number of moth and butterfly species we see today, but we haven't been able to test that. This study helps us see if prior hypotheses line up, and what we find is that the plant hypothesis does, but the bat hypothesis does not." Read More ›