Author: Michael Egnor
Is Free Will an Illusion?
if we are wholly matter, and matter is wholly governed by physical law, there is no room for free will.
Note to Thomists: The Ear Is a Reverse Piano
James Hudspeth, of Rockefeller University, just won the Norwegian Academy of Science’s Kavli Prize in science.
Can Bees Understand the Concept of “Zero”?
The scientists credited the bees with more intelligence than some humans.
Ireland Goes Back to Its Roots
It is a matter of fact — a straightforward scientific fact known since the basics of human reproduction were first understood — that human life begins at fertilization of the egg by the sperm.
Astrophysics and Molecular Genetics with the Parking Brake On
The ancient model of the cosmos, which was the model presupposed by most scientists prior to the mid 20th century, was Steady State.