I’m a big fan of astronomer Phil Plait’s science blogging. Today he posted some awesome photos snapped serendipitously by astronomer Steve Cullen atop Mauna Kea. Cullen caught striking images of a Chinese rocket burning up as it fell back into earth’s atmosphere. If you haven’t seen the pics yet, check them out here: “SPECTACULAR Photos of a Rocket Re-Entering Over Hawaii!” […]
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78. Hugh Ross on God, Science, and Reasons to Believe
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously proposed three so-called laws that memorably capture the wonder of scientific advance. According to the third law, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” If that’s true, science has made the world a truly magical place. And it is true. Just think how an iPhone would appear […]
Are we there yet? The long journey to Pluto
This summer, parents around the world are going to endure that familiar whine from the backseat: are we there yet? At those moments just be thankful that your road trip is not as long as the journey of the New Horizons probe to humble Pluto. Here is a great website for the probe with the latest […]
God, atheism, and the de-centered universe
My post on Neil deGrasse Tyson laid the foundations for an “argument from cosmic indifference” that I will be considering closely in the week (or weeks) to come. It is a powerful argument (rhetorically if not logically) though it is rarely put into formal terms. I am going to evaluate it closely. But first I […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses religion, bacteria, and the meaning of life
Neil deGrasse Tyson, writer, scientist and host of the PBS program Nova, is my favorite science-popularizer. However, that doesn’t mean I agree with him, certainly not when it comes to metaphysics or theology. Here is a great piece of rhetoric from Tyson on whether there is a meaning to life (or the universe on the whole). I […]
