“One bluebird ‘in its way absolutely perfect’ is staggering evidence of art and design.”
Author: Caspian
Eric R. Hedin, Ph.D. earned his doctorate in experimental plasma physics from the University of Washington, and conducted post-doctoral research at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. He has taught physics and astronomy at Taylor University, Indiana Wesleyan University, and Ball State University in Indiana, and at Biola University in Southern California. At Ball State, his research interests focused on computational nano-electronics and higher-dimensional physics. His BSU course, The Boundaries of Science, attracted national media attention.
Dr. Hedin’s recent book, Canceled Science: What Some Atheists Don’t Want You to See, highlights scientific evidence pointing to design.
At SciTech Daily: The Fountain of Life: Scientists Uncover the “Chemistry Behind the Origin of Life”
The requirement of a particular sequence of amino acids endows the protein with vast amounts of information, far beyond what could be “chanced upon” by any natural process within the history of the entire universe.
At Phys.org: Alpine lake bacteria deploy two light-harvesting systems
Christopher Packham writes: Though humans, along with other vertebrate and invertebrate organisms, don’t photosynthesize, we’re definitely the downstream beneficiaries of the life forms that do. Phototrophic organisms at the bottom of the food chain convert abundant sunlight into the energy that ultimately powers all other life. The two metabolic systems for harvesting light energy are fundamentally different. Read More…
At Reasons.org: Why Would a Good God Allow Destructive Hurricanes?
“God created a world with hurricanes for good reasons. These powerful natural events benefit all life on Earth.”
At Big Think: The 4 fundamental meanings of “nothing” in science
Evidence from cosmological observations, coupled with Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and research into the physics of the singularity out of which the universe began most strongly argues that matter and energy, space and time all came into existence from a true nothingness.
At Nautilus: The Ancient Wisdom Stored in Trees
What very old trees can teach us about life, death, and time. Jared Farmer writes: What’s the oldest known living thing, and how do we know? Why should we even want to know? The explanation is a history of curiosity and care. It’s about our long-term relationships—spiritual and scientific—with long-lived plants, as long as long Read More…
At Phys.org: Planetary interiors in TRAPPIST-1 system could be affected by solar flares
It’s worth realizing that if the energy from stellar flaring is sufficient to noticeably heat the entire planet, it’s more than enough to “cook its goose.”
At Live Science: Massive tentacled microbe may be direct ancestor of all complex life
Nicoletta Lanese writes: Ancient microbes whose existence predates the rise of nucleus-carrying cells on Earth may hold the secrets to how such complex cells first came to be. Now, for the first time, scientists have grown a large enough quantity of these microbes in the lab to study their internal structure in detail, Science reported. Researchers Read More…
At Mind Matters News: Are Extra Dimensions of the Universe Real or Imaginary?
Although definite proof of the existence of higher spatial dimension has not yet been obtained, the mathematical sensibility of their existence is compelling
Excerpt from: “There is a God, How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind”
Anthony Flew: “The leaders of science over the last hundred years, along with some of today’s most influential scientists, have built a philosophically compelling vision of a rational universe that sprang from a divine Mind.”
At The Debrief: The Case for Alien Life Elevated By the Exciting First-Ever Confirmation of Two Exoplanet Water Worlds
Bold claim: “However, given that water is the fundamental building block for all life as we know it, the exciting first-ever confirmation of two exoplanet water worlds still dramatically increases the likelihood that alien life exists in the universe. “
At Phys.org: Experimentalists: Sorry, no oxygen required to make these minerals on Mars
“There are several life forms even on Earth that do not require oxygen to survive,” Mitra said. “I don’t think of it as a ‘setback’ to habitability—only that there was probably no oxygen-based lifeforms.”
At SciTech Daily: Hubble Space Telescope Captures Festive and Free-Floating Scene
The HST reveals more scenes of galactic beauty.
At Evolution News: “Why Life?”: A Question Atheist Scientists Never Ask
Stephen J. Iacoboni‘s article contains a profound question… One cannot understand organisms — that is, life itself — without incorporating the concept of purpose within biology, the science of organisms. Such purpose is observable and measurable, and therefore well within the bounds of scientific inquiry. In order to understand life, it is not sufficient to simply observe what is Read More…
At Big Think: What sort of ethics would aliens practice?
The teachings of Jesus call us to “love our neighbor as our self.” Thank God for this counterpull to the evolutionary ethics of survival of the fittest.