According to Will Steffen, Adjunct Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at Australian National University, the evidence is now abundantly clear: “[Human] activities now rival – or in some […]
Ever since seventeenth-century Danish scientist Nicholas Steno first came up with the idea that rock formations were stratified into horizontal layers according to the periods of time they were laid […]
It’s been a common theme in this blog to discuss the different ways humans are shaping the world around them. I’ve argued mankind has assumed an almost god-like posture over nature by positioning […]
For anyone who has read my blog, it’s no secret that I have been influenced by Carl Sagan, particularly his documentary series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Sagan described the universe […]
In my previous posts, A brave new RNA world and Finding the lifeblood for life, I explored how the proposed antecedent to cellular life, the RNA world, could have emerged through the […]
In my previous post, A brave new RNA world, I looked at how the RNA world hypothesis is the leading explanation for how cellular life managed to emerge – and, accordingly, how […]
When looking into exploring rising complexity, I was immediately drawn to the origin of life. Organic life is like rising complexity on steroids – it is comprised of a complex […]
One question has always perplexed me: how did we get to where we are today – with an intelligent species roaming around a tiny planet, exploiting its natural surroundings while […]
This past week Tony Abbott has shown his true colours regarding renewable energy. The Australian Prime Minister admitted his government is trying to curb the growth of wind power: Frankly it’s […]
We were born into a mystery, one that has haunted us since at least as long as we’ve been human. We awakened on this tiny world beneath a blanket of stars, […]
