Tag: meteorites
Origin of Life, Public Education, and Religious Neutrality
In a series of lectures and articles, organic chemist James Tour has exposed how research related to the origin of life (OOL) has been scandalously misrepresented to the public.
Astrobiology: Searching for the Origin of Life, In All the Wrong Places
Astrobiologists think they may have found where life came from — cyanide in meteorites!
Crying “Chance, Chance” When There Is No Chance
Note the artfully deployed passive voice. One-way traffic “was finally counteracted by the launch of the first artificial satellites.” Who counteracted it?
Updating the Drake Equation
The Drake equation is simply the product of a set of factors, estimating the number of active, technologically advanced, communicating civilizations in our galaxy.
From CNN, Vapid Science News Headline of the Day: “Ingredients for Life Found” in Space Rocks
“Not exactly proof” of extraterrestrial life, they say? It’s not a “proof” at all.