I’m basically having a digital clear out of all the links I’ve saved which in theory I was going to turn into articles . Yet the reality is I’m probably not quite going to manage that. So rather than letting some good links go to waste I’m sort of turning them into an article by sharing them here. As always a mention here does not = endorsement, just that I found it worth reading.

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I love science and in particular astrophysics. I can’t say I understand all that much in particular when they get into the equations but I am absolutely fascinated by it all, by the incredible details of stars, the vastness of space, the mysteries, the strangeness, the wonder. It’s all AMAZING. Anyone here are a bunch of links on a whole bunch of stuff. There are so many that I’ve tried to group them a bit. But let’s start with the most important one: The “Worst Science Stock Photo Ever” Contest Picked a Winner (

Christians & Science

• A three-parter from Eddie Arthur: I’m a Great Fan of Science, Winning Arguments?, Engaging With Science
• How the Protestant Reformation set the stage for the Scientific Revolution
• “Well, THAT was magic!”
• Is religion a threat to science? with Francis Collins (video).

On the beginnings of things & some other mysteries

• Where did the Universe come from?
• Can science explain the beginning of the Universe?
• The paradox of light goes beyond wave-particle duality
• Why the Multiverse is a “God-of-the-gaps” theory
• Does the existence of a multiverse hold the key for why nature’s laws seem so simple?
• Time: Do the past, present, and future exist all at once?

Life on earth & in the universe

• The True Source of Earth’s Water Could Be Wildly Different to What You Think
• There’s Growing Evidence Life on Earth Started With More Than Just RNA
• We exist. What can that fact teach us about the Universe?
• We are the only humans in the universe
• How common is life in the Universe? And how can we find out?
• I’m a chemist, and I’m building a universal robot to make life and find aliens

On Stars & Planets

• One Great Article About Every Planet in the Solar System
• 94% of the universe’s galaxies are permanently beyond our reach and if you’ll forgive the snark, so are the other 6%.
• Two Rocky Super-Earths Discovered Around A Nearby Star, And One Could Be Habitable
• We were wrong: all stars don’t have planets, after all
• A Bubbly Origin for Stars Around the Sun
• Some stunning space pictures
• The world’s greatest space photography
• And some more

On Dark Matter

• Is dark matter’s “nightmare scenario” true?
• Is dark matter real? Astronomy’s multi-decade mystery
• New Theory Suggests That Dark Matter Could Be an Extra-Dimensional Cosmic Refugee

On Evolution

• What is the Evidence for the Theory of Evolution?
• Earth’s Fluctuating Orbit May Be Impacting Evolution, New Evidence Suggests
• Simple is beautiful: Why evolution repeatedly selects symmetrical structures
• Evolution Keeps Making And Unmaking Crabs, And Nobody Knows Why
• New Evidence Challenges The Idea That Mutations Are Entirely Random
• Malaria resistance shows that mutations are not always random
• The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment (video).
• New DNA Technology Is Shaking Up The Branches of The Evolutionary Tree