Tag: iron
Plate Tectonics and Scientific Discovery
Plate tectonics is important for advanced life in multiple ways and planets with plate tectonics are very rare.
The Story of Metals Points to Nature’s Foresight, Planning, Preparation
A confluence of conditions conspired to bring metals to Earth and make them accessible to humans. But can a Darwinian process take the credit?
Enceladus as a Habitability Test
High up on the astrobiologists’ bucket list for further exploration is a little moon of Saturn. How lively could it be at Enceladus?
In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet
You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes.
Metals: From Stars to Cells
Tracing metals back to their ultimate origins, the processes of stellar nucleosynthesis come into focus.