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Denyse O'Leary
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December 26, 2020
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An astrobiologist suggests changing how we search for alien life

Denyse O'Leary
December 26, 2020
Extraterrestrial life
Walker: “A popular definition that “life is a self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution” excludes any organisms that can’t reproduce because they are not capable of evolution—therefore mules and many senior citizens are excluded if you read the definition too strictly.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 22, 2020
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From the “They’re Out There” files: New Scientist cautious on that strange radio signal

Denyse O'Leary
December 22, 2020
Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
These are curious times in science, as fact and reason appear less attractive every day to just the people one would expect to value them and people who might have been able to get away with tabloid news show more sense instead. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 19, 2020
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Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design

We are now told of radio emissions from an alien world…

Denyse O'Leary
December 19, 2020
Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Like space junk Oumuamua, it’ll almost certainly turn out to be nothing. So why … ? It’s a legitimate question, at this point, whether “science” is just cultural territory now—a way of saying that one is Woke, Cool, and progressive. Depending on where you work, no actual results may be required. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 14, 2020
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Astronomy, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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It turns out! Not only was space junk Oumuamua an “extraterrestrial lightsail” but our whole universe might be an alien’s experiment!

Denyse O'Leary
December 14, 2020
Astronomy, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
The stuff that comes out of Harvard these days and gets published in Scientific American used to be tabloid news. What has changed? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 12, 2020
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Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design

Apparently, Earth is STILL rare

Denyse O'Leary
December 12, 2020
Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Andrew Zic: But given Proxima Centauri is a cool, small red-dwarf star, it means this habitable zone is very close to the star; much closer in than Mercury is to our Sun.” That would mean those planets would be “sterilised” by dangerous ionising radiation that came from their Sun. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 12, 2020
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Astronomer: I think aliens are out there but sightings claims aren’t persuasive

Denyse O'Leary
December 12, 2020
Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
There may or may not be other intelligent life forms out there. As it happens, we may be in a position to get hard evidence in the next century. But there is no time where it more pays to be sceptical than a time when we could get genuine information. Or not. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 5, 2020
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Darwinism, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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What should we look for, seeking life on other planets?

Denyse O'Leary
December 5, 2020
Darwinism, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Researcher's view: "it’s more than likely that the chemistry that led to the existing biology on Earth is no longer evident in the biochemistry we see. This means it may be impossible to reverse engineer what prebiotic chemistry on early Earth—or another planet—might have looked like solely from the life that’s present today. " Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 2, 2020
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Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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So fine tuning of the universe for life goes right down to the level of the atom?

Denyse O'Leary
December 2, 2020
Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
Our universe seems fine-tuned for life to come into existence, as Michael Denton stresses. If so, life may indeed inhabit other planets. If people believe that there is intelligent life on other planets in the galaxy, the best theory to support it, absent evidence at present, is intelligent design. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 28, 2020
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Life is rare in the universe—IF there is no design

Denyse O'Leary
November 28, 2020
Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
It would make a lot of sense for astrobiologists to be fans of intelligent design theory. Eventually, they will fall and hit their heads and realize that. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 28, 2020
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SETI is really one big fat design inference

Denyse O'Leary
November 28, 2020
Design inference, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) folk should induct ID theorist Bill Dembski into their Hall of Fame because he literally wrote the book on The Design Inference and that's the idea that keeps them going. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 22, 2020
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A NASA astrobiologist’s bold suggestion: Let’s make ET ourselves

Denyse O'Leary
November 22, 2020
Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Astrobiologist: What if a significant percentage of those planets and moons require only a few hundred kilogrammes of ‘the right chemical stuff’ to spark their own, unique biotic revolutions? Read More ›