Month: May 2012
Science and Its Limitations
Science is worthy of some measure of public respect, but only to the extent that science acts like science, and not like something else.
Philip Kitcher on the Trouble with Scientism
Scientism is emerging as one of the greatest threats to humanity in the 21st century. It is a crass mistake — a logical mistake — but it has a broad appeal.
If Humans Tweak Cell Machines, Is It Intelligent Design?
Among molecular machines in the cell, ATP synthase is one of the crown jewels.
The Mysterious Embryonic Stem Cell
Two compelling scientific articles this past month provide some hints of how stem cells are programmed.
Nature, the “International Weekly Journal of Science,” Now with 75% Less Science and Nature!
UK paleontologist Russell Garwood recently took to the pages of the journal Nature to sound the alarm about the enactment of an academic freedom law in Tennessee.