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Faith Across The Multiverse Book Club Event

September 18, 2018 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Cover of Faith across the Multiverse

Beginning September 30th, join us for a grand conversation on  Faith across the Multiverse: Parables from Modern Science  with author, Andy Walsh. Yes, that's the weekly  ESN science blogger! Since Andy's part of our network, I thought I'd ask him a few quick questions: … [Read more...] about Faith Across The Multiverse Book Club Event

Filed Under: Author, Books, Christian Thought and Practice, Science Tagged With: comics, Faith across the Multiverse, faith and science, interviews, science, science fiction, storytelling

Science Corner: Ashes to Ashes, But What of Synthetic Dinosaurs?

June 27, 2018 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

Photo of active magma flow

This reflection on the themes of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom avoids spoilers, but as always feel free to wait until you've seen the movie if you want to know nothing about it when watching. It is widely reported that an asteroid strike 65 million years ago caused dinosaurs to go extinct, although a variety of hypotheses including widespread volcanic eruptions remain plausible as alternatives. In Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, there is no doubt that a single volcano could wipe out the small cluster of de-extinct … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Ashes to Ashes, But What of Synthetic Dinosaurs?

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: film, Frankenstein, jurassic park, jurassic world, movies, science, science corner, science fiction

Science in Review: Just Gotta Get Right Outta Here

May 30, 2018 by Andy Walsh 2 Comments

Photo of Han Solo and Chewbacca in the cockpit of the Millenium Falcon from Solo: A Star Wars Story

This reflection on the themes of Solo: A Star Wars Story tries to avoid spoilers, but as always feel free to wait until you've seen the movie if you want to know nothing about it when watching. "Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?" "It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs." With those lines, Han Solo and ultimately George Lucas stirred up a controversy still brewing 40 years later. Han's boast sounds impressive, but when you find out a parsec is a unit of distance, not … [Read more...] about Science in Review: Just Gotta Get Right Outta Here

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: film, movies, science, science fiction, science in review, star wars

Science Corner: Entertaining Lies and Real Truth

April 15, 2015 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

It's not exactly science news, but  this item on  the role of fiction in engaging the scientific imagination really caught the eye of this science fiction fan. I'm familiar with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Flatland, both of which encode interesting mathematics questions as  narrative, but I had no idea scientific fairy tales were a whole genre. The one with the various chemical elements embodied as fairies sounds particularly fascinating. Knowing how much my daughter and her friends love fairies, perhaps it's … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Entertaining Lies and Real Truth

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science Tagged With: fairy tale, myth, science corner, science fiction

Science in Review: Avengers Annihilate!

July 30, 2014 by Andy Walsh 2 Comments

Last week, we looked at this article on the quest for validation of a multiverse hypothesis. If each universe in the multiverse is physically distinct, they might interact with each other. Those interactions could leave telltale patterns in the cosmic background radiation. (Cosmic background radiation is an energy signal from the early days of the universe; it's basically our universe's very first baby photo.) Find those patterns -- circular impressions, like you get when two bubbles bump into each other -- and you … [Read more...] about Science in Review: Avengers Annihilate!

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science and Faith Tagged With: comics, multiverse, science fiction, science in review

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