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Science Corner: Hacking your Donor List

Jan 2, 2019By Andy Walsh

If your experience is anything like mine, your 2018 wrapped up with a blitz of requests for end-of-year charitable contributions.Read more…

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Jan 2, 2019Andy Walsh 0 Comments

Science Corner: Christmas Reading

Dec 26, 2018By Andy Walsh

If you have some extra time for a holiday or winter break and are looking for something to read, allow me to remind you of the books we’ve discussed over the past year.Read more…

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Dec 26, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments

Science Corner: Star Signs in the Space Age

Dec 19, 2018By Andy Walsh

The grandest ambitions of the human race require always more, and so we imagine living out among the stars, or at the very least on other planets.Read more…

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Dec 19, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments

Science Corner: The Advent and the Apocalypse

Dec 12, 2018By Andy Walsh

We are imperfect creators, and so not everything about our new world is good. We may still have the ability to mitigate some of the imperfections, but to do so we first need the humility to accept our limitations as creators.Read more…

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Dec 12, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments
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Science Corner: The Future, Fast and Slow

Dec 5, 2018By Andy Walsh

When Jesus was born as the Son of God incarnate, the future arrived in a very tangible way.Read more…

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Dec 5, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments
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Science Corner: A Bumper Crop of Science

Nov 28, 2018By Andy Walsh

Some weeks it can be tricky to find a way into the science news that might be of interest to those outside the specific community of investigation. But not this week.Read more…

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Nov 28, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments
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Science Corner: Prayers and Placebos

Nov 21, 2018By Andy Walsh

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States, a time for gratitude and community. Intangible qualities like these challenge science, since they don’t lend themselves as readily to quantifying or to controlled investigation.Read more…

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Nov 21, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments

Science Book Review: Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?

Nov 14, 2018By Andy Walsh

The result is a wide-ranging exploration of questions, some specific to the present science-faith conversation and some raised perennially by skeptics and curious seekers.Read more…

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Nov 14, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments
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Science Corner: A Century of the Flu

Nov 7, 2018By Andy Walsh

Neither humanity’s first nor last widespread encounter with influenza, the 1918-19 pandemic is notable for how quickly and widely it spread: in less than 6 months it was on every continent and ultimately infected as many as 1 out of every 3 people on the planet.Read more…

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Nov 7, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments
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Science Corner: The Making of a Monster

Oct 31, 2018By Andy Walsh

This week, I want to highlight the science of Frankenstein.Read more…

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Oct 31, 2018Andy Walsh 2 comments
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Science Book Review: Scientism and Secularism

Oct 24, 2018By Andy Walsh

[Scientism and Secularism] is clearly aimed at fellow Christians who agree with Moreland that science is taking influence away from the church and who need help articulating why theology and religion are still relevant.Read more…

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Oct 24, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments
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Science Corner: Finding Your Way Through Math

Oct 17, 2018By Andy Walsh

Topology is a standard topic in mathematics; topiary less so. That’s why I thought it was pretty cool to read about a mathematician-designed maze in celebration of the Abel Prize.Read more…

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Oct 17, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments

Science Corner: Take Me to Your Victrola

Oct 10, 2018By Andy Walsh

Truly universal truths can be more elusive than they seem.Read more…

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Oct 10, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments
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Science Corner: What the FOXP2 Say

Oct 3, 2018By Andy Walsh

Regardless of how one understands our relationship to the animal kingdom, many of us are interested in what distinguishes us biologically from animals, especially the animals most similar to us: chimpanzees, gorillas, and the like.Read more…

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Oct 3, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments
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Science in Review: Seeing the Random Forest for the Trees

Sep 26, 2018By Andy Walsh

We talk a lot about science here, but science isn’t just talk. I thought maybe we could roll up our sleeves and try a little science.Read more…

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Sep 26, 2018Andy Walsh 1 comment
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Science Corner: Pack Your Genes for the Cruise

Sep 19, 2018By Andy Walsh

What would it take to preserve all vertebrate life, and to what end?Read more…

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Sep 19, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments
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Science Corner: The Word for ‘Gene’

Sep 12, 2018By Andy Walsh

I think it’s worth remembering that roughly 100 years ago, no language had a word for ‘gene.’Read more…

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Sep 12, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments
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Science Corner: Throw Open the Gates of Science

Sep 5, 2018By Andy Walsh

The quality of our science will increase proportionately with and as a direct consequence of the diversity of our scientists.Read more…

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Sep 5, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments

Science Corner: Summer Science News Round-Up

Aug 29, 2018By Andy Walsh

We’ve had a busy summer–traveling, going to the movies, releasing a book–leaving less time to talk about current research. And there have been several recent stories making the rounds in Christian circles. They touch on questions many of us haveRead more…

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Aug 29, 2018Andy Walsh 1 comment
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Science Corner: Giving Thanks for 6 Years of ESN Science Blogging

Aug 22, 2018By Andy Walsh

Next month will be 6 years that I’ve been blogging about science and related topics for the Emerging Scholars Network. Which means that just about exactly 6 years ago, Tom Grosh called me up and invited me to write forRead more…

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Aug 22, 2018Andy Walsh 8 comments
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I Found a Postdoc in the Sciences: Now What? (Pt 2)

Aug 15, 2018By Andy Walsh

We figured it was time for a follow-up on what to do once you’ve found the postdoc you were looking for.Read more…

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Aug 15, 2018Andy Walsh 1 comment

I Found a Postdoc in the Sciences: Now What? (Pt 1)

Aug 8, 2018By Andy Walsh

Postdocs occupy a weird, liminal space in the path of the scholar.Read more…

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Aug 8, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments

Sciences at ESN This Fall: What Are You Looking For?

Aug 1, 2018By Andy Walsh

Here’s your chance to let us know what you’d like to read about this fall from ESN’s science coverage!Read more…

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Aug 1, 2018Andy Walsh 2 comments

Science Corner: Fruit Flies Like a Banana… And We’re Closer to Knowing Why

Jul 25, 2018By Andy Walsh

With the American Scientific Affiliation meeting coming up this week, I’ve got connecting on the brain. And now after catching up with the science news, I’m also thinking about the connections in the fruit fly brain.Read more…

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Jul 25, 2018Andy Walsh 0 Comments
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