Edward Wilson has earned the right to title his latest book The Meaning of Human Existence, which coming from almost any other author would sound laughably grandiose.
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My last column outlined points I made in a February 18 debate at Stevens about religion and science. My “opponent,” Oxford mathematician John Lennox, a Christian, sent me the following response, which was originally published on my Scientific American blog, “Cross-check,” in a slightly longer form.
Last week I “debated” the question above in a Stevens event sponsored by the Christian group Veritas. My “opponent” was John Lennox, a mathematician and Christian.
Americans are flocking to a film that celebrates a soldier who killed lots of people during the U.S. war in Iraq.
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.
I’ve been pondering my profession a lot lately, because of the launch of a science communication programhere at Stevens, which is closely allied with a program in science, technology and society (STS).
On Martin Luther King Day, I searched online for commentary by King on science and discovered his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, in which he dwelled on the gap between our scientific and moral progress.
I’m writing this post for two reasons: to recommend a new book by Columbia astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, and to defend an old book of mine.
In my last column, I poked my nose into the debate over whether climate change will precipitate more conflict. I offered half a dozen objections to predictions that more warming means more war.
“There’s a surprisingly strong link between climate change and violence.” That’s the headline of a recent article by journalist Chris Mooney in The Washington Post.