Month: December 2014
What About the Actual Data We Have Been Acquiring About Exoplanets?
"Earthlike exoplanets" are a favorite subject of science and popular media reporting.
Biological Information, a Mile and a Half Beneath the Ocean Floor
Scientists sent a drill to the lowest depths under the sea ever reached, and found a surprise: living organisms.
Understanding Memories: Lovely Metaphors Belong in Songs, Not Science
I’m reminded of a phrase from one of my favorite songwriters, Paul Simon, in “The Boxer”: “I’ve squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles.”
In Bioethics, Infanticide Is Now “Debatable”
The late Richard John Neuhaus famously wrote this of bioethicists.
My Top Five Science and Faith Christmas Gifts for 2015
Here are five resources on science and faith you might want to include in your gift-giving this month.