Tag: inflation
Chimpanzee Liberation? Why Animal Rights and Human Rights Cannot Coexist
A “manifesto” in the science journal Human Evolution declares that chimpanzees and bonobos should be considered legal “persons” with legally enforceable “rights.”
Confirming the Big Bang: The Recent Decades
The Big Bang theory also gives us an age for the universe. The latest estimate, based on several cosmological observations, is 13.80 +/- 0.02 billion years.
Elephants Sue for Habeas Corpus
The point here isn’t to prevent abuse, if it exists. We have animal-welfare laws for that.
Cosmic Inflation Theory Loses Hangups About Scientific Method
Science writer Dennis Overbye calls the inflation controversy a crisis in cosmology. But maybe it is more of a crossroads.
Bubble Universes, Inflationary Cosmology, and Infinitesimal Odds
How many ways will naturalists find to evade the implications of cosmic fine tuning?