How a Goshawk Scalped Me–Twice
A charming article about northern goshawks by James Gorman of the New York Times has dredged up a memory of my run-in with one of these fierce creatures.
Cross-Check
Critical views of science in the news
Mind
Can Science Solve Terrorism? Q&A with Psychologist John Horgan
For years, I’ve been getting e-mails from people who praise my brilliant research on terrorism and then ask me tough questions about the topic
Can Faith and Science Coexist? Mathematician and Christian John Lennox Responds
My last column outlined points I made in a February 18 debate at my school, Stevens Institute of Technology, about whether religion and science are compatible.
Can Faith and Science Coexist?
Last week I “debated” the question above at my school, Stevens Institute of Technology, in an event sponsored by the Christian group Veritas.
Selma’s Timely–and Empirically Sound–Message of Nonviolence
Americans are flocking to a film that celebrates a soldier who killed lots of people during the U.S. war in Iraq. Meanwhile, a growing number of Americans want the U.S.
Mind
As Psychedelics Revival Rolls On, Don't Downplay Bad Trips
I’m no psychedelic prude. I reported on, and applauded, the resurgence of research into psychedelics in my 2003 book Rational Mysticism.
Scientific Seeker Stuart Kauffman on Free Will, God, ESP and Other Mysteries
Few living scientists are as ambitious in their choice of problems as Stuart Kauffman. He is a polymath, with a degree in medicine and training in biochemistry, genetics, physics, philosophy and other fields...
What War Propaganda Like “American Sniper” Reveals About Us
U.S. coalition forces killed at least 1,201 children in Iraq between 2003 and 2011. And that brings me to American Sniper, whose real-life “hero,” Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, was a child killer...
Space
Did Edgar Allan Poe Foresee Modern Physics and Cosmology?
I’ve always been an Edgar Allan Poe fan, so much so that I even watched the horrifying—not in a good way–2012 film The Raven.
Policy & Ethics
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Haunting Reflections on Science and Progress
King's warning in 1964 that moral progress lags far behind scientific and technological progress remains as relevant as ever.
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Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kids
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Dark Star Diaries
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Dog Spies
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Climate science in a changing world
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Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
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Adventures in the good science of rock-breaking.
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A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth
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Exploring and celebrating diversity in science.
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