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- The Copernicus Complex: Our Cosmic Significance in a Universe of Planets and Probabilities / September 2014 / Caleb Scharf / Farrar, Straus and Giroux — see also Amazon
- Just how rare is intelligent life in the universe? / 19 August 2014 / Stuart Clark / New Scientist, n.2982, p.45 — although intelligent life may exist on other planets, Earth will still be special after all
- Is Earth’s Life Unique in the Universe? / July 15, 2014 / Caleb Scharf / Scientific American — To know whether life exists beyond Earth, we must come to terms with our own significance in the universe. Are we uniquely special or merely mediocre?
- Fluffballs in Space Shouldn’t Exist / August 18, 2014 / Creation-Evolution Headlines — a rubble-pile asteroid has such low density it should have disintegrated, but it’s doing just fine
- The Evil that Men Do: How Bad Governments Create Poverty / August 17, 2014 / Creation-Evolution Headlines — Ideas have consequences. When societies deny that all men are created equal, the masses suffer, even when surrounded by rich resources.
- Evolutionary misfit: Misunderstood worm-like fossil finds its place in the Tree of Life / August 17, 2014 / University of Cambridge / Science Daily — the Burgess Shale animal Hallucigenia sparsa
- Extinct Reptiles Quickly Spread Over the Globe / August 16, 2014 / Creation-Evolution Headlines — On every continent, dinosaurs and other extinct reptiles thrived. Here are some recent amazing finds.
- Planet Rotation Limits Habitability / August 15, 2014 / Creation-Evolution Headlines — Life can’t exist on a planet that rotates too fast or slow. This is another Goldilocks problem for astrobiologists to consider.