Anning was a 19th century fossil collector whose work would form the foundation of paleontology. She found some of the first ichthyosaur, plesiosaur and pterosaur skeletons. Read more…
Science Corner: Zooming Out on the World
Earlier this week, I was reading what Martin Luther King, Jr. had to say about science and religion, both to learn more about the man and to potentially add a theologian’s voice to our historical context.Read more…
Science Corner: Prime Real Estate
Mersenne primes are named for 17th century French scholar Marin Mersenne who was also an ordained priest.Read more…
Science Corner: Looking Back to Move Forward
So when it was recently brought to my attention that some readers might appreciate a better sense of why science is relevant to their faith, or why their faith is relevant to science, I thought it was a good time to reflect on those questions.Read more…
Science Corner: 2017 in Review
Reviewing the highlights from ESN’s science blogging for 2017, with a few thoughts for 2018.Read more…
Science Corner: My Mental Health Story
November is when advocates for mental health and suicide prevention make a push for awarenessRead more…
Science Corner: Offering Thanks for Science & Technology
I’d love to hear from you about developments in science, technology, or your area of study that have you feeling thankful today.Read more…
Science Corner: Choosing Whom to Serve
How do we use the Bible for common ground when there are so many ways to interpret it?Read more…
Science Corner: More Machine Now Than Man
Indeed, it is not hard to imagine a day when computers are deemed to possess comparable intelligence to humans because we have convinced ourselves that our own intellects are entirely computational.Read more…
Science Corner: Uncracked Codes
A good mystery offers many pleasures: the allure of secret knowledge, the hints of reality beyond what we already know, the neurochemical satisfaction of solving a puzzles.Read more…
Science Corner: Rebooting Quantum Physics
In its original formulation, quantum physics lacked a theoretical foundation. The math wasn’t derived from obvious first principles, it was selected because it matched experimental results.Read more…
Science Corner: There Goes the Sun
On Monday, I found myself swept along by the solar eclipse enthusiasm without really meaning to be.Read more…
Science Corner: A View From the Poles
[A] thoughtful and well-reasoned essay on the value of conflict between science and religion seemed like a perfect opportunity to start my new summer project.Read more…
Science Corner: Siri, Compose a Sonata
One of the benefits of teaching a computer how to do a task like composing music is that it forces us to really understand both how we ourselves accomplish that task and how we know when we’ve succeeded.Read more…
Science Corner: The Phylogenetic Trees of Lebanon
As you can probably guess, reports of the Bible’s demise were greatly exaggerated.Read more…
Science Corner: Announcing a Summer Science Blog Book Club
I’m going to try something new: a book discussion group via blog.Read more…
Science Corner: Artificial Intelligence Deploys Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe
A little randomness turned out to be a boon to the groupRead more…
Science Corner: The Speed of Knowledge
Ideas are sticky; we hold onto them even in the face of revisions or contradictions.Read more…
Science Corner: The Demon (And the Angel?) in the Permafrost
We may need to come up with a more practical plan … because the permafrost is melting and ancient organisms may be coming back to life: not mammoths, but microbes.Read more…
Science Corner: The First SoCal Artisans
The publication of these results is thus a testament to [the researchers’] perseverance regardless of how the conclusions are ultimately judged.Read more…
Science Corner: Universal Science Income
Paying for science is not always as exciting as the science itself, unless we’re using science to figure out how to pay for it.Read more…
Science Corner: Does Science Rule out Resurrections?
I don’t think understanding the mechanism by which God accomplishes his goals makes them any less miraculous.Read more…
Science Corner: Readers Who Read this Post also Read…
Thus in talking about this work…we may be inadvertently revealing additional facets of the communication challenges posed by our present political landscape.Read more…
Science Corner: A Rocket Race Everyone Wins
Measuring the return of investment in inspiration is challenging.Read more…