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Science Corner: Grandmother, What Grey Fur You Have

April 9, 2025 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

Much of the science news these days remains focused on US policy developments, funding changes, and significant shifts in messaging. There is certainly more than enough to fill another blog post. At the same time, I'm not sure I have anything new to say. I remain in favor of funding basic research, both to learn about the world and as a good investment in the future. I remain in favor of supporting public health programs here and abroad that reduce human suffering from various communicable diseases and other ailments. … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Grandmother, What Grey Fur You Have

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: climate change, CRISPR, dire wolf, extinction, science, science corner

Science Corner: Mother Knows Best: Even Insect Mothers Provide for Their Offspring

August 24, 2022 by Julie Reynolds Leave a Comment

For those of us who observe the academic calendar in the United States, the end of August means the end of summer and the beginning of a new year. It's a time of general excitement and new possibilities. And while we are caught up in the craziness that comes during this season, we are generally unaware that winter is coming - at least for those that live in the northern hemisphere. Somehow, even though I know it is coming, I am never quite prepared for its arrival. My unpreparedness is partly because day-to-day busyness … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Mother Knows Best: Even Insect Mothers Provide for Their Offspring

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: climate change, entomology, science, science corner

Science Corner: Don’t Look Up at The Matrix

January 12, 2022 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

The release of Don't Look Up around Christmas and Epiphany seems like a gift to sermon writers. The film depicts celestial message of impending doom that too many refuse to look up and see. Well, you know who *did* look up? Some Magi, and what they saw heralded salvation, not doom, for the world. Of course, the film was topical for other reasons. When writer-director Adam McKay scripted the film pre-pandemic, he had no idea that reality was an a collision course with his comedy, forcing him to reportedly alter or cut … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Don’t Look Up at The Matrix

Filed Under: Movie Reviews, Science and Faith Tagged With: causality, climate change, Film review, Pandemic, science, science corner

Science Corner: Are We There Yet?

December 8, 2021 by Andy Walsh 2 Comments

Driving along the Pennsylvania Turnpike this weekend, I experienced quite the assortment of billboards and DIY roadside messages. One that stood out "loudly" proclaimed that carbon dioxide is essential for life. By itself, that statement seems banally accurate. We could of course hypothesize that life elsewhere in the universe (or multiverse?) employs different sorts of chemistry; silicon is a popular first choice for a possible carbon substitute, although it is far from a direct replacement. But life as we know it, and … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Are We There Yet?

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: climate change, epistemology, science, science corner

Science Book Review: Slime – How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us

July 31, 2019 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

photo of algae growth in a goldfish pond

Since I'm at the beach this week, it seems like a good time to leave you with a review of Ruth Kassinger's Slime, a broad survey of all the ways scientists and entrepreneurs are solving problems with algae. Algae have the potential to help us feed more people and provide better nutrition, to fuel transportation at personal and industrial scales, and to help clean up some of the environmental messes we've made. More than once while reading the book you may sense that algae sound too good to be true. Kassinger is clearly … [Read more...] about Science Book Review: Slime – How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Science and Faith Tagged With: algae, climate change, Ruth Kassinger, science, science book club, Slime

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