Tag: magnetic field
A Portal to the Heavens: Preparing for the Solar Eclipse
While this is not a science experiment per se, be sure to talk with people soon after totality and note commonalities in what you hear.
Sunlight on the Puzzle of Prebiotic RNA?
In two previous articles, I have argued against the plausibility of generating biologically relevant polymers (proteins, RNA, and DNA) in a prebiotic world.
Design: A Scientific Proxy for Intelligence
The Dead Sea Scrolls are an example of a design artifact for which intelligence is inferred as the source.
Intelligent Design and Planetary Timing
Enceladus is an especially fascinating case. Nearly 100 geysers of water ice are currently jetting out of its south pole at supersonic speed.
Wonderful Microbes Are the Planet’s Ecosystem Engineers
The few pathogens among bacteria give a bad rap to the majority that do wonderful things — for us and for our environment.