The truth is not always intuitive or obvious. Claims and counterclaims abound in our day, many of them helped along by the rapid spread of i...

I've written on this topic before, but I want to write again following a meeting last night arranged in Cambridge by the Faraday Institu...

Sciencism and religiology do not exist for very good reasons. Neither would be an appropriate endeavour, both would be doomed to failure. It...

Truth is truth, and we have to deal with that, even if it seems terribly inconvenient. In particular, scientific facts are truth in the sens...

The universe, Part 5 < From the beginning to atoms  |  Series index | No later items > Penzias and Wilson discovered an unknown micr...

For some decades there have been constant disputes between climate scientists and those who deny that humanity is causing global temperature...

The universe, Part 4 < In the beginning |  Series index | Penzias, Wilson and some noise > The universe grows larger, cooler and mor...

Global warming is real and is coming to a country near you. In fact it's coming everywhere and the effects will be very serious. Here...

The universe, Part 2 < Introducing the universe |  Series i ndex | In the beginning > We need to understand the basis upon which sci...

(See indexes on  other topics ) This is the index page for a major series on the story of the universe. I'll be adding sections from tim...

The universe, Part 1 < No earlier items | Series index | How does science work? > This is the first post in a series on the story of...

Is heaven a place to which we go after this life is over? If so, who gets to go, just humans? We take a look at our closest relatives and po...

Science and faith sometimes appear to be at war. But is that inevitable? A conference in Switzerland is examining these issues and draws tog...

How do science and faith stack up against one another as ways of knowing the truth? Science provides truth about the physical universe while...

NASA's next attempt to land a rover on Mars will be made on 6th August. It's going to be a scary process but if it's successful ...

Can we discuss and debate any topic with grace and love and without fighting with one another? If not, does it matter? Here are some though...

Can I have faith and accept science too? Is that an unreasonable position to hold? Recent discussions on Jesus Creed have provoked me to wri...

Everyone is familiar with measuring things, but two American authors have taken systems of measurement to what might be a logical conclusion...

Not that long ago (pre 1994) we only knew of nine planets, and one of those has been demoted to dwarf planet status. Today we know of nearly...

We all know what happens when two objects collide, don't we? It depends on the speed of collision and the nature of the objects. Two bal...