Tag: telescope
Do We Live on a Privileged Planet?
Yes, rainbows are beautiful, but are they good for anything? Indeed, they have been very important for science.
Austrian Village Meets Biocomplexity and Teleology and Doesn’t Blink
The accompanying photos show our field trip to Altenburg Abbey. The ceiling painting was of the sciences. You can see a telescope and astrolabe in the close up.
The Intelligent Design Underground and Other Reflections
A biologist in our network worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard. He recounted how about a quarter of the postdocs he encountered were at least sympathetic to design arguments.
Telescope-Like Eyes in a “Simple” Mollusk
Scientists were dumbfounded to find shellfish looking at them with hundreds of elegantly designed eyes.
I Saw the Eclipse, and I Want More! Now What?
The beauty of the night sky can be as inspirational and uplifting as a total solar eclipse.