Rosa Endowed Chair and Co-Director of Stewart Science Honors Program @Biolau. Author of Undeniable and co-author of The Price of Panic.
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Of the millions of species God placed on this planet, we're the only one that doesn't want to be what we were made to be.
The insistence that life must exist elsewhere follows from the insistence that life is just something that happens.
Astronomers spot first atmosphere around a potentially habitable alien world | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
This will get lots of attention, and generate lots of confusion. Among the "lifeless chemicals" used to produce this non-life are natural ribosomes.
World’s first synthetic cell with a complete life cycle could revolutionize biological engineering twin-cities.umn.edu/news-eve…
When KPMG apparently used AI to prognosticate on the future of AI, it all went horribly wrong. Things like this ought to shape how actual intelligences think about AI.
KPMG Allegedly Published AI Report Filled With Hallucinations pcmag.com/news/kpmg-allegedl… #PCMag
When Köhler showed in 1917 that chimps could stack boxes to reach food, he thought it was because they are like us. Now we know bees can do it.
Bumble bees show spontaneous problem-solving, challenging big-brain assumptions phys.org/news/2026-06-bumble… via @physorg_com
Great conversation between me, Sy Garte, and Sean McDowell on Think Biblically podcast. Goes live today. Sy favors theistic evolution, but we found significant common ground.
youtube.com/watch?v=KmaqFrDf…
Is There a Mind Behind the Math Behind the Material World? mindmatters.ai/podcast/ep340… via @DiscoveryInst1
Evolutionists call this "convergence"-- independent origins of similar features. Between convergence and divergence, everything can be given an evolutionary explanation (or pseudo-explanation).
Parrots and humans share a brain mechanism for speech sciencenews.org/article/parr…
We think of the terrestrial environment as shaping life. It turns out that, even apart from humans, life profoundly shapes the terrestrial environment.
Life as a Habitability Requirement evolutionnews.org/2025/03/li… via @discoveryCSC
Looking forward to speaking at the MAVEN conference in Southern California later this month!
@we_are_maven instagram.com/reel/DFp5o7Kut…
You wouldn't trust a human who lies 20% of the time. bbc.com/news/articles/cq5gge…
Nukes vs AI. How will this play out in public opinion?
Microsoft announces plan to reopen Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to support AI usatoday.com/story/money/ene… via @usatoday
Aim to be excellent rather than elite. Excellence is about substance. It isn't measured relative to others. Elitism is about perception--how we stack up in the eyes of people. Jesus is excellent. The Pharisees are elite.
"... medicine is now in danger of causing more sickness than it heals."
Why We Are Sick, by @akheriaty open.substack.com/pub/aaronk…
Oxford Physiologist Denis Noble: Dissent from Neo-Darwinism Has Passed a “Tipping Point” evolutionnews.org/2024/07/ox… via @discoveryCSC
Interesting that use of the word "overpopulation" peaked well after the fertility rate started its free fall.
visualcapitalist.com/worlds-…
"A single [butterfly] scale is as small as a speck of dust yet surprisingly complex, with a corrugated surface of ridges that help to wick away water, manage heat, and reflect light to give a butterfly its signature shimmer."
news.mit.edu/2024/new-findin…
