Is it possible to be on the cutting edge of science…for (gasp) religious reasons? Siris looks back to the 17th century…when religion and science were cool with each other.

Steve Matheson has a nice post showing just how seriously biologists take one of the extremely rare examples of peer-reviewed papers published by ‘senior’ fellows at the Discovery Institute: What was Wells’ idea? Well, he thinks that centrioles look like turbines. So he thinks maybe they are turbines. And so maybe they rotate around each… Continue reading

A Question of BoundariesWell, it’s been a year since the paperback came out and two years since the hardcover. The reception from most magazine reviewers has been very good. And I can’t complain about sales given the modest print run. Still, there has been a particular criticism raised by two journals which I think deserves… Continue reading