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A Warming Earth: When Ideology Trumps Science: Neil deGrasse Tyson and Cosmos on Global Warming

Sagan’s “Star Stuff” and the Suicide Pod

_{Daniel Reeves
September 26, 2024
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If life is nothing more than material or “stuff,” why not allow people to recycle themselves when they feel their useful lifespan has come to an end?

Is the Cosmos One Big Happy Accident?

_{Evolution News
August 12, 2023
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Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay Richards discusses distortions and outright falsehoods presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Puncturing the Science-Faith Warfare Myth

_{Evolution News
March 23, 2023
1
Faith & Science}

In abandoning his traditional Jewish faith, was Baruch Spinoza able to provide an improved framework for doing science?

Extraordinary Claims and Extraordinary Evidence

_{Granville Sewell
March 5, 2023
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Evolution}

Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”

Before Carl Sagan Said It, Science Debunked It

_{Evolution News
August 3, 2021
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Jay Richards and Eric Anderson discuss the statement that Carl Sagan is perhaps most famous for.

A Flea Circus of Small Animal Acrobats

_{Evolution News
March 18, 2021
6
Intelligent Design}

Small animals amuse and amaze scientists who take a close look at them in action. Sometimes it requires a high-speed camera to analyze the trick.

Cosmos Loses Viewers, Pumps for Materialism

_{David Klinghoffer
April 17, 2020
3}

Perhaps partly because the world is preoccupied by COVID-19, a lot fewer people so far have seen the new Cosmos.

Cosmos 3.0 Arrives, Somewhat Dented by Time

_{David Klinghoffer
March 9, 2020
2}

The second season (2014) spun a misleading narrative celebrating the triumph of rational, secular scientific culture over benighted, supposedly irrational and anti-science religion.

Origins of a Dictum

_{David Klinghoffer
June 26, 2019
4
Intelligent Design}

“Follow the evidence wherever it leads.” It's almost the official rallying cry of intelligent design proponents.

Fun! Cosmos and Tyson Get a New Season

_{David Klinghoffer
January 16, 2018
3}

The fabulist Dr. Tyson returns, and we commit ourselves in advance to being there to watch and check his facts.

Many Faces of Science Censorship

_{David Klinghoffer
January 23, 2015
6
Free Speech}

Each year, evolution enthusiasts, evangelizing atheists, and Religious Left activists celebrate Charles Darwin's birthday, February 12, as "Darwin Day."

Neil deGrasse Tyson on Isaac Newton's Religion

_{Casey Luskin
January 5, 2015
4
Faith & Science}

Celebrity atheists like Tyson want to remake the world without religion, even as they claim that that's the furthest thing from their intent.

Cosmos Finale Opposes Privileged Planet Thesis

_{Casey Luskin
December 30, 2014
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It was a fitting end, in keeping with what we've seen already in the series.

Well, Well, It’s Day Four of Our Twelve Days of Discounts! Time to Save 50 Percent on The Unofficial Guide to Cosmos!

_{Evolution News
November 30, 2014
2
Faith & Science}

Cosmos struck a chord with viewers, garnered 12 Emmy Award nominations, and is headed straight into schools as a science teacher's instructional aid.