Author: Guillermo Gonzalez
Earth’s Gold-Mining Machine
Earth operates an extraordinary natural factory that concentrates gold from barely detectable amounts into rich deposits that humans can mine. How?
Life and Origami: Lessons from the Art of Paper-Folding
The differences between an origami figure and a living thing are more instructive than their similarities.
Francis Collins Employs Climate Change as a Cudgel
Collins identifies as a Christian, but he seems to have missed a glaring instance of design in the Earth system.
Comet Caps a Year of Natural Beauty
I took a set of images of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS last night, which was the first sighting I had of it. It’s visible to the unaided eye.
Two Poems for Europa, Jupiter’s Lifeless Moon
Ms. Limón’s poem doesn’t quite capture the aliveness of Earth and the likely deadness of Europa. So, here’s one that better reflects these themes.