This suggests that there is a strong heat source in the interior of Enceladus, an additional factor supporting
the possible emergence of life in its ocean.
Not exact matches
Having seen an Arab chieftain's son, who had attended the American University in Beirut, make his decision between the old nomadic
life of his clan, still
living in tents, and the new town
life which his education made
possible, one vividly understands that, choosing the former, he inevitably chose submergence in the social solidarity
of his group as against
emergence into the individualism
of a commercial community.
It will conclude by exploring the
possible emergence of a new kind
of society — a global society, whose cohesion and harmonious
life rest upon the rise
of a global culture.
Great as is the significance
of the
emergence of self - conscious persons within the very fabric
of the universe for any reflection on its
possible meaning and purpose, this must not lead us to underplay the significance also
of the rest
of the universe and
of all other
living organisms to God as Creator — even though we are able to depict only in imagination the kind
of delight that God may be conceived to have in the fecund multiplicity and variety or created forms.
But the individual need not experience his
life in and
of itself, but as participating in the broad sweep
of divine creation, contributing in its small way to the increased intensification
of divine experience, making
possible the
emergence of new forms
of existence beyond man.
Heretofore, this earth has witnessed the
emergence of single - celled
living organisms, the growth
of multicelled plant organisms, the advent
of animals with centralized nervous systems making self - directed activity
possible, and the flowering
of humanity with its far - flung culture.
On the contrary, what goes on in the world is a genuine manifestation
of the
living process which is his own nature; and it also makes a difference to him, for it makes
possible the novelty
of adaptation, the
emergence of new actualities, and the appearance
of real possibilities, which otherwise would not be available to him.
I can only give expression to my own intuition that this
possible emergence of a new consciousness should be given shape by a utopian vision
of a planetary brotherhood at peace with nature and with God, united with all
of life in the enjoyment
of its potentialities.
Since, however, biological entities evidently have the «material» entities as their constituents, it is inexplicable, on the given presuppositions, how the
emergence of life is
possible.
It is quite
possible that the
emergence of the first
living cell involved an aspect
of randomness.
Our hope lies in the resilience
of life, which is Christ, the
emergence of new understanding, which is
possible only as Christ brings it to pass, in the extension
of love to all human beings and to other species, which is Christ within us.
Since these elements, produced mainly in the explosive death
of large stars, are crucial to
life, pinning down their
emergence would help determine when the earliest
possible life - supporting planets might have appeared and give us a clue as to the likelihood
of life's existing elsewhere.
And finally, Michael Young was born in Miami and did his work at Rockefeller University in New York where he also remains on the faculty... ever since the
emergence of life on Earth about four billion years ago, evolving
life forms had to adapt to the rotation
of our planet... but how is this
possible?
Our knowledge
of the Canadian Arctic has increased tremendously during the last decade as a result
of increased sampling effort made
possible by a dedicated research icebreaker (CCGS Amundsen) and the
emergence of major scientific programs (e.g. CASES, ArcticNet, CFL, CHONe, C3O, IPY, Arctic Census
of Marine
Life).