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Prepping the Earth for the Industrial Revolution

Published on January 28, 2024 By sirrahc

This week on Science Sunday… The following citation is another from Improbable Planet by Hugh Ross, specifically the 14th chapter, “Finishing Touches”. In this particular section, Ross looks at extinction during the Devonian period and speciation during the Carboniferous. It is all fascinating, especially when one considers the multitude of factors involved that had to […]

Silicate Erosion Sustains Life (and Vice-Versa) Despite Sun’s Best Efforts

Published on December 31, 2023 By sirrahc

Let’s end the year with some cool science, OK? Would you be surprised if I told you that the following citation comes from the book Improbable Planet (2016) by Hugh Ross? (I didn’t think so.) In Chapter 12 Ross talks about the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system for the amazing edifice we call “Earth”. […]

Earth Fossils on the Moon?

Published on November 26, 2023 By sirrahc

As I mentioned in my recent “Why a Spiral Galaxy?” post, I have been slowly working my way through Improbable Planet (2016), in which Dr. Hugh Ross reviews the increasing evidence of fine-tuning in situating and preparing planet Earth for humanity. Using the analogy of building a large and complex edifice, Ross’s eighth chapter is […]

Why a Spiral Galaxy?

Published on November 5, 2023 By sirrahc

Let’s “do” a little science-ing today, shall we? I have had the book Improbable Planet by Hugh Ross in my bookcase for a few years but only now got around to reading it. Well, actually, I’m only part-way through it. But, I already found a nice snippet in the beginning chapters that I wanted to […]

Unwarranted Claim of Feather Evolution

Published on June 18, 2023 By sirrahc

“Misleading research like this is one important reason I have lost faith in the overblown claims of evolutionary biology. It‘s mostly smoke and mirrors.” — Günter Bechly, German paleo-entomologist and former curator at the State Museum of Natural History (SMNS) in Stuttgart In a recent study on the origin of feathers, Rory L. Cooper and […]

Thank God for Gut Bacteria

Published on November 20, 2022 By sirrahc

You might read that title and think I’m a little weird. But, by the end of this post, you’ll be thankful for the lil fellas, too. (Though you may still think I’m weird.) A few years ago, I was having some digestive issues. (Nothing major.) I don’t remember the details — probably just as well […]

Lizards in Hurricanes

Published on May 9, 2021 By sirrahc

“Extreme climate events are intensifying due to climate change and may represent overlooked drivers of biogeographic and large-scale biodiversity patterns.” — Colin Donihue et al. When I first moved from New Jersey to Florida several years ago, one of the things I found hardest to get used to — moreso even than palm trees and […]

Creating Life in the Lab

Published on February 21, 2021 By sirrahc

This month marks 10 years since Fuz Rana’s book, Creating Life in the Lab (2011) was published. I have owned a copy for awhile, of course, but it finally made it to the top of my Read List late last year. It was a little different than I expected, yet I’m not quite sure what […]

Cancel Culture Targets ID in Poland

Published on March 8, 2020 By sirrahc

Have you ever heard of Fundacja En Arche (i.e., the Origins Foundation) in Poland? They are much like a young Discovery Institute, in that they deal with Darwinism, intelligent design, and the relevant scientific and philosophical issues. A lot of what they do is translate ID-friendly books (e.g., Darwin on Trial, Darwin’s Black Box, Signature […]

Review of *Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design*

Published on May 13, 2018 By sirrahc

“[The goal of the book] was to give a snapshot of the state of the conversation about origins among evangelical Christians in America…. I think readers will see fair and accurate representations of the four positions.”  — J.B. Stump, general editor of Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design and Senior Editor at BioLogos […]