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Cleveland_Chamber_Symphony_4-09-2006
Photo: An orchestra without a conductor, by Harry Weller, Del57 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Another Philosopher Says the Unified Self Is an Illusion

In an interview, Julian Baggini asserted that, while consciousness is not an illusion, a unified self that persists through time is. Read More ›
galaxy cluster SMACS 0723
Photo: Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, by James Webb Space Telescope, via NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

Stephen Meyer: No, the Big Bang Hasn’t Been “Disproven”

Today, the mark of genuine disinformation is, often, the repeated, robotic use of the word "disinformation." Read More ›
Hunga-Tonga blast
Photo: Hunga-Tonga blast from space, by NASA

Is There Enough Phosphorus for Us?

The element phosphorus, on which life heavily depends for its codes and metabolic processes, is a limiting factor for complex beings on habitable planets. Read More ›
replica of Galileo's telescope
Photo: A replica of Galileo's telescope, via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Keas: Faith, Science, and the Phases of Venus

Dr. Keas explains, among things, the role that Venus with its phases, like those of our Moon, played in advancing astronomy into the modern age. Read More ›
lightning
lightning
Photo credit: http://www.cgpgrey.com / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).

The Electric Cell: More Synergy with Physics Found in Cellular Coding

Imaging techniques down to the picometer scale are permitting detection of previously unknown alliances of cellular software with electrostatics and mechanics. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.

Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: An Appeal to Sanity

I’ll close with a story. My wife used to set up psychiatric units across the U.S. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, plaster relief by A. Bruce-Joy, via Wikimedia Commons.

For Labor Day: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man

Take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory. Read More ›
young Darwin statue
young Darwin statue
Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Acquainting Darwin with the Fossil Record

Romjue’s Darwin explores what we’ve learned about the fossil record since Darwin’s time on Earth — and it’s not what he expects. Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

If Darwin Came Back Today…

What would the gentleman of Down House think about the science of the 21st century? Read More ›
chimp
Photo credit: Rishi Ragunathan, via Unsplash.

More Ways that Human and Ape Brains Differ

Underlying the significant differences in brain — to say nothing of the vast difference in mind — is a genetic mystery. Read More ›

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