Support. Collaborate. Retain: Strategies for Improving the STEM Teaching Crisis
Current efforts to improve STEM education are limited by schools’ ability to retain good teachers.
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Evolving Gallup’s Poll on Evolution
As it has 11 times since 1982, Gallup has polled Americans on the question of human origins. Once again, the biased wording of the three belief statements on the menu of choices forces respondents into camps that do not reflect the views of many Americans—myself included.
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Thinking About Nothing
How can we truly understand the “something” that is our universe without considering other ways it could have been, and even the possibility that it might not have been at all?
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Greece, the Global Economy, and Big History
Watching the sunset from the cliffs of the Santorini caldera attracts tourists from all over the world, I recently discovered on a family sailing trip in the Greek Islands. The Cyclades archipelago is one of the cradles of human civilization, dating back 6,000 years, when late Neolithic and early Bronze Age communities thrived here. They…
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The New Theism: Shedding Beliefs, Celebrating Knowledge
A new breed of theist is emerging in nearly every denomination and religion across the globe. If we had a creed, it might simply be this: Reality is our God, evidence is our scripture, integrity is our religion, and ensuring a healthy future for the entire body of life is our mission.
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Zombies Fighting Over Who Is Right: A Nightmare on Main Street
What are we to do when our ideals are in conflict? We need some intellectual, practical, and spiritual tools for adjudicating between our divergent narratives.
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Big History Hits the Big Time
“Big History” has entered the big leagues—both in academia and in entertainment. This new, cross-disciplinary field that embraces cosmic, geological, and biological history (as well as human history) offers an inspiring way forward through the thorny and tangled bank of the science-and-religion debate.
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The Anthropocene and the Noosphere
Take a few minutes to watch a short movie to understand the Anthropocene and plug into the Noosphere.
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Big History, Big Lesson
“First Year Experience ‘Big History’” at Dominican University of California offers students more than lessons on how to survive college; it has the potential to mold eager young students into kind, insightful, and creative global citizens.