by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Nov 4, 2019 | Astronomy, Faithful Scientists, Latest
David H. Levy’s bio on the Vatican Observatory website declares that he is “one of the most successful comet discoverers in history.” This is no idle boast. It continues: “He has discovered 22 comets, nine of them using his own backyard telescopes. With Eugene and...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Oct 19, 2019 | Faithful Scientists, Latest, Science, Reason & Faith
Most of us assume that all great scientists are products of formal education. However, there are many examples in the history of science where this is not the case: James Croll, Humphrey Davy, and Michael Faraday are instructive examples. James Croll (1821-1890) James...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Jul 7, 2019 | Faithful Scientists, God & Modern Physics, Latest, Science, Reason & Faith
Is atheism inconsistent with the scientific method? A prize winning physicist’s answer may surprise you. This year’s winner of the Templeton Prize is Marcelo Gleiser, theoretical physicist and cosmologist at Dartmouth College. The Templeton Prize is awarded each year...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Jun 14, 2019 | Faithful Scientists
Fathers will get gifts and have special meals prepared for them this coming Sunday and rightly so. It might add to the celebrations to recall the tale William Bragg, a father from history whose talent, character, and influence earned both him and his son, Lawrence, a...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | May 23, 2019 | Culture, Faithful Scientists, Virtue & Freedom
The new science of forgiveness reveals the positive physiological effects that forgiveness brings to the human person: it can reduce stress, anxiety, and the incidence of illness and disease. Before science ever thought of examining this human action, however,...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Apr 26, 2019 | Faithful Scientists, Latest, News, Science, Reason & Faith
[T]hose who would put up a watertight barrier between science and religion miss a very important point. Science and religion do intersect…. in the human being who is the scientist, in the human being whose ultimate motivations and yearnings are, overtly or not,...
