Extraterrestrial life
Mars: Much more information but definite answers are still elusive
Oceans critical for alien life, new computer model suggests
Comment of the day: Getting the skepticism about NASA’s mission right
Does anyone remember when NASA was associated with daring – but credible – ideas?
Emergence of Life – New University of Illinois Online Course – Starts Monday
I previously mentioned an upcoming “Emergence of Life” course that folks here might be interested in. Details here. The course has now been scheduled and starts this Monday, July 14, 2014, at Coursera. You can find the course here. If you decide to take the course, I encourage professionalism and civility in any forum interactions with other students and staff, in what can potentially be a controversial subject. As I stated before: Will the course have some holes? No doubt. Will it answer some of the key issues that have been raised about the cause of the Cambrian Explosion, the infusion of information necessary for the emergence of different forms, how complex functional structures can arise via natural processes? Unlikely. Yet Read More ›