Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet’s Twin
My 2012 book on the search for habitable planets orbiting stars beyond the Sun
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To Seek Out Distant Life: Astronomers Search for Signs of Life in the Skies of Distant Exoplanets
My July, 2013 cover story in Scientific American magazine on new ways to search for biological activity on planets orbiting distant stars.
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Cosmic Bulletins: Two Major Discoveries Rock Science
Article in TIME about the first direct detection of evidence for cosmic inflation when the universe was a fraction of a fraction of a second old
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Against Rhythm: How Postmodern Humans can Wake Up and Find Their Groove
A TEDx presentation. The objective of this presentation is to introduce the audience to a new and counterintuitive approach to educating for sustainability that focuses on living within the rhythms of the world as it is, not as we imagine it to be. Though sustainability education is rapidly becoming mainstream, it is undercut by a […]
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Easter and Earth Day: life-death-life
This blog places the Easter Story, and Earth Day, in its cosmic setting, reminding readers that...
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Nurturing the Spirit In Non-Sectarian Classrooms
eading Aline Wolf’s suggestions for opening the classroom and home to spirituality will enable...
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Como cultivar el espiritu del nino en un amiente laico (Nurturing the Spirit – Spanish)
The fundamental purpose of Maria Montessoris work was to bring about a more peaceful world by...
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Stardust and Cosmic Water
This short blog describes how scientists discovered water in the cosmos, most of it ice. I hope readers will gain both a deeper appreciation of water/ice and of our interconnectedness throughout the cosmos.
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The Cosmic Walk
The Cosmic Walk is a ritual created by Sr. Miriam MacGillis of Genesis Farm. It has subsequently been modified and presented by many people around the world. The Cosmic Walk is a way of bringing our knowledge of the 13.81 billion year Universe/Earth process from our heads to our hearts. It is a simple ritual […]
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Article on the Premiere of the Emergent Universe Oratorio
An meditative essay on the origin, significance, and cosmic-social-scientific-spiritual-artistic interelatedness of the Emergent Universe Oratorio.
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