“Welcome to the Anthropocene.” That is the message of a stunning collection of satellite images recently compiled by the New York Times.
Visualize the tremendous scale of the universe with Google’s “100,000 Stars.” Using an artist’s rendition of the Milky Way, as well as data from NASA and ESA, a team at Google has created a 3-D map of our “small” section of the universe. Take a look, play around, and start to get a sense of…
Religions are cultural frameworks that are based on doctrinal beliefs and prescribed practices to which significant numbers of people subscribe. They rest on the utterances of men of wisdom of the distant past. (There is no major religion that was initiated by a woman.) Their thoughts and sayings are embodied in various sacred texts. The vast…
Examining several attempts to change the way in which science is taught in the Kâ16 levels.
Metaviews 074. 2000.08.28. Approximately 2667 words. The next installment in the Future Visions thread is from KittyFerguson, a popular science writer, who also takes a distinctlypopulist approach in her essay below. Kitty Ferguson holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from theJuilliard School and for many years was a professional musician,conducting and performing oratorio, early music and…
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.