Year: 2025
New York State: Rights for Lakes, Waterways
For the future good of human flourishing, we need to take the “nature rights” movement seriously.
Darwin’s Sacred Fiction
A book by Adrian Desmond and James Moore holds that Charles Darwin was significantly motivated in his scientific work by abolitionist sentiments.
Big Human Brain from…Just Two Genes?
The genes, unique to humans, spurred brain growth when introduced in mice and chimpanzee stem cells.
From Seizures, a Healthy Respect for the Brain
Webb Wright’s roundup of historical approaches to epilepsy is not very insightful, unfortunately.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Catholic Darwin”
No doubt, Teilhard had — and has — Catholic admirers. The most positive Catholic assessment I have encountered comes from the pen of Msgr. Bruno de Solages.