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September 2018

September 11, 2018

No View from Nowhere

In pulling together the various quotes and links in my recent post about activism among...

August 2018

August 14, 2018

Deceitful Design

I shared an interview with Dennis Venema on Facebook, highlighting this quote from the piece:...

July 2018

July 21, 2018

The Human Savior Complex in the Monoposostocene

Towards the end of last semester, I found myself growing increasingly fascinated - to the...

July 08, 2018

Racism, Religion, and Rejection of Evolution

In a recent blog post Steve Wiggins wrote, "The white man doesn’t believe in evolution...

June 2018

June 22, 2018

Theology and Reality

  Heather Goodman wrote this on Facebook, and I thought it was such a great...

April 2018

April 04, 2018

Touching the Face of the Cosmos Day Conference

I want to draw attention to the day conference at Fordham University in New York...

March 2018

March 05, 2018

How Much of the Bible do Young-Earth Creationists Reject?

I have been meaning to blog about this topic ever since Hemant Mehta pointed out...

February 2018

February 25, 2018

Cloning Jesus

I am sure I am not alone in not expecting theological insight from PZ Myers....

January 2018

January 04, 2018

Wikipediatricians and Ways of Knowing

Until relatively recently, I had no idea that there was such a word as "Wikipediatrician." But having come...

October 2017

October 25, 2017

What Science Is Not

Sy Garte writes: Science is not about amassing evidence to prove a point. That’s what...

August 2017

August 18, 2017

Grandmother Fish

I was delighted that author Jonathan Tweet, when he got in touch with me a...

August 08, 2017

Science Hell

HT PZ Myers. One could make a version of this for all academics and experts. There...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Sinai and Synapses: Call for Fellows

Connor Wood shared this call for applications for a fellowship on religion and science, the...

July 20, 2017

The Canon’s Blurry Edges

First, I hope you all saw that Canon: The Card Game was featured in the...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

Solar Eclipse 2017 LibGuide

You are probably aware that a solar eclipse will be visible across the United States...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Our Galactic Center as Seen from the Sky

The view of our planet from the sky can be breathtaking. But what happens when...

April 22, 2017

Trust Data

A clever punny Star Trek sign from the March for Science in Seattle.

March 2017

March 23, 2017

The Implications of Young-Earth Creationism

February 2017

February 22, 2017

BREAKING NEWS: 7 Earth-Sized Planets in Trappist-1 System, 3 in Habitable Zone!

NASA just announced that, using the Spitzer Telescope, they have detected a total of seven earth-like...

January 2017

January 21, 2017

Touching the Face of the Cosmos YouTube Playlist

The above YouTube playlist brings together videos of talks and interviews with a number of...

January 17, 2017

Deep Field

Via Phil Plait, I became aware of this astronomically-inspired piece of music by Eric Whitacre....

December 2016

December 30, 2016

The Quest for Consonance

The Quest for Consonance THE QUEST FOR CONSONANCE: THEOLOGY AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES MCKENNA HALL...

December 27, 2016

Brief Quotes and Simple Explanations

The above cartoon from Abstruse Goose is called "Special Relativity Simply Explained." But somewhat amusingly,...

December 23, 2016

Just Chemicals in the Brain

December 08, 2016

RIP John Glenn

I just heard the news that astronaut John Glenn has passed away. I will always...

November 2016

November 26, 2016

Not Liberal, Just Literate

Hemant Mehta drew attention to an article in the Star Tribune about meteorologist Paul Douglas, who...

October 2016

October 15, 2016

Compelling Evidence for the Big Bang?

I am surprised that Hemant Mehta is so impressed with this exam answer a student...

October 12, 2016

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: Perspectives from Science and Science Fiction

This election has witnessed a lot of firsts. Most recent, as of my writing this,...

September 2016

September 05, 2016

Science and Religion: Clash of Worldviews?

The above lecture by Mark Harris, given at the Faraday Institute in Cambridge, came to...

September 04, 2016

Mayim Bialik on Religion and Science

HT Jerry Coyne, who obviously doesn't appreciate her perspective.

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