Category: Science

The Riddle of the Tongue-Stones: How Blessed Nicolas Steno Uncovered the Hidden History of the Earth

~ Peggy Haslar

"In the year 1666, in the beautiful city of Florence, Italy, the court of Grand Duke Ferdinando II saw the arrival of a most unusual object--the partial remains of a great white shark!" That's a pretty cool opener for a middle reader biography, and Thomas Salerno's The Riddle of the Tongue-Stones: How Blessed Nicholas Steno … Continue reading The Riddle of the Tongue-Stones: How Blessed Nicolas Steno Uncovered the Hidden History of the Earth

Tracking the Transcendent: Four Physicists Open to Its Possibilities

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"Most educated people are not religious," a friend remarked the other day when the subject of faith came up in conversation. What troubled me most about his comment was its case-closed lack of curiosity about the transcendent realm. Whatever his source for adopting such a stance, if this bright young man allows the argumentum ad … Continue reading Tracking the Transcendent: Four Physicists Open to Its Possibilities