Category: Physics, Earth & Space
In a Ninth Episode, Marred by the Now Familiar Rigid Ideology, Cosmos Tackles Geology and Climate
The contested hypothetical details of the Permian-Triassic Extinction get flattened into a narrative as certain and uncontroversial as a timeline of World War II.
Mathematician Amir Aczel on the "Wisdom" Revealed in Nature
"It appears that there is a vast, hidden ‘wisdom,’ or structure, or a knotty blueprint for even the most simple-looking element of nature."
What’s the Nature of the Source of Cosmic and Biological Design? Meyer Gets Specific
In discussing Cosmos and related matters, we’re in the habit of talking as if there were just two alternative world-views.
Cosmos Says We’re Made of “Stardust”; But Is That All?
Last night’s episode was highlighted by a fascinating discussion of how scientists have determined the compositions of stars, and what happens when different types of stars die.
Cosmos Episode 6: Science as the New Sacred, and Failed Darwinian Predictions About Insects and Flowers
If that doesn’t make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, I suppose I don’t know what will.