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Denyse O'Leary
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August 12, 2019
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Cosmology, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Caution! Knowing the universe is a simulation will end it…? Wow, magic.

Denyse O'Leary
August 12, 2019
Cosmology, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
At least the crackpot cosmologist is mostly scaring himself. The rest of us are wondering whether water bears could survive on the moon. That’s all the "space aliens" we can be sure of. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 8, 2019
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Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Rob Sheldon on the chances of the tardigrades (water bears) surviving the recent moon crash

Denyse O'Leary
August 8, 2019
Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Sheldon: Well, I do think that dormant tardigrades, which could survive for hundreds if not thousands of years in a "freeze-dried" state, can be revived when placed in water. If the spacecraft, Beresheet, had crashed with dormant tardigrades, then most definitely they are scattered about the surface of the Moon, waiting for their resurrection day in water. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 25, 2019
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Extraterrestrial life, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Evolutionary biologist: Space babies will be more alien than human

Denyse O'Leary
July 25, 2019
Extraterrestrial life, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
“Eventually,” he recently told Business Insider, “people living in space could evolve to be different enough from people on Earth that we would consider them to be different species.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 3, 2019
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Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Do we really need a “plan” for a response to aliens?

Denyse O'Leary
July 3, 2019
Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
If a tenth of the effort were put into cleaning up the corruption around peer review, as for example in: The astonishing rise of junk science, that would be a better use of time than figuring out what to say to the Klingons or Jabba the Hutt when they or theirs finally show up. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 2, 2019
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Culture, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, Religion
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University of Maryland: Oumuamua was not an alien spacecraft

Denyse O'Leary
July 2, 2019
Culture, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, Religion
“Stick with analogs we know, you advise”? Yes, good idea. It used to be the usual approach among scientists. So why was it suddenly suspended? We are still wondering. Or maybe we know but no one wants to discuss it. See Tales of an invented god . Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 1, 2019
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Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Is finding extraterrestrial life inevitable and does it prove the existence of God?

Denyse O'Leary
July 1, 2019
Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
Hugh Ross: The discovery of life in another planetary system would indicate another instance of such divine intervention, meaning our universe would contain not just one origin-of-life miracle, but two. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 17, 2019
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Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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Researchers: Toxic gases would slow emergence of life on exoplanets

Denyse O'Leary
June 17, 2019
Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
Researchers: The habitable zone for complex life around many stars could be much smaller than previously thought once the concentrations of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide on planets is considered. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 9, 2019
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Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, Religion
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Nearly as many young Americans believe in ET as in God

Denyse O'Leary
June 9, 2019
Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, Religion
As for the kids, if the prof's figures are correct, they should have watched more sci-fi dystopias. The good news is that there probably aren’t any space aliens out there so they will only have to live in a dystopia they made themselves, not a different one. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 1, 2019
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Culture, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, Science
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Suzan Mazur: World Science Foundation Evening on Mars “marred,” so to speak, by a second-rate panel

Denyse O'Leary
June 1, 2019
Culture, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, Science
She also reveals that a two-page survey was handed out, asking a number of none-o’-yer-business questions on behalf of “Audience Research & Analysis, an organization that helps government agencies and cultural agencies to “move forward with decision research.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 23, 2019
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extinction, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Astronomer: Seeing dead space aliens would teach us a lesson

Denyse O'Leary
May 23, 2019
extinction, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design

Remember the astronomer who thought that space detritus Oumuamua might be an extraterrestrial lightsail? He’s back: Harvard professor Avi Loeb thinks humans should be on the hunt for signs of alien life and alien death. During a recent presentation at the The Humans to Mars Summit, Loeb argued that the discovery of a dead alien civilization could serve as a sort of cautionary tale for humanity, letting us know what not to do if we want to survive. “The idea is we may learn something in the process,” he said. “We may learn to better behave with each other, not to initiate a nuclear war, or to monitor our planet and make sure that it’s habitable for as long as Read More ›