The Big Picture: The History of the Universe Is Our History
I have long claimed to practice Buddhist mindfulness, but for me that means filling my mind full with as much as possible. Buddhist meditation always struck me as more about mindlessness, a process of clearing away all desires, all sensations, and all thoughts.
Bill Nye, the famed “Science Guy,” found himself the center of attention this week after a video in which he said creationism should not be taught to children went viral. “I say to the grownups, ‘If you want to deny evolution and live in your world that’s completely inconsistent with everything we’ve observed in the…
Ian Barbour lecture at Metanexus conference on understanding the rise of the Intelligent Design movement. Ian Barbour: “Beyond Intelligent Design, Science Debates, and Culture Wars” – the opening lecture for this series from Metanexus Institute Author Ian Barbour Throughout his career, Ian Barbour has been at the forefront of the dialogue between scientists and theologians….
Neutrinos produced by a nuclear reactor in China are changing from one flavour to another more rapidly than expected. The result means physicists could soon explain why the universe is filled with matter instead of featureless radiation. Neutrinos and antineutrinos each come in three flavours: electron, muon and tau. As they fly through space, these…
As far back in time as astronomers have been able to see, the universe has had some trace of heavy elements, such as carbon and oxygen. These elements, originally churned from the explosion of massive stars, formed the building blocks for planetary bodies, and eventually for life on Earth. Now researchers have peered far back…
Human and chimp brains look anatomically similar because both evolved from the same ancestor millions of years ago. But where does the chimp brain end and the human brain begin? A new UCLA study pinpoints uniquely human patterns of gene activity in the brain that could shed light on how we evolved differently than our…