We are not enemies. The American motto on our Great Seal is "E pluribus unum," meaning "From many, one." Therein lies our strength. Whenever we let others trick us into "Us versus Them," it weakens us. As Ben Franklin said at the...

While some may be thinking about the Star of Bethlehem 2,000 years ago, we will be treated to a dance in the sky that will not repeat for hundreds of years on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. This will be a lunar eclipse at the same time as the winter solstice,...

A half century ago I towed a boat trailer around with a 36 horsepower Volkswagen beetle. Compare this mismatch with using a brain developed on the savannas of Africa to find food, sense danger and avoid being eaten that is now being used to discover celestial mechanics and microbiology.

Legend...

Religion and science are hopefully becoming two different things. Science used to be called natural philosophy, and it is now about how the world works, how the stars go and how our bodies function. Religion designated itself the queen of the sciences in the past and had multiple aspects. One...

Someone asked me to write about my view of religion as a scientist, the opposite of my last post, "Can You Speak Science?" Rather than attack religions (too easy), I will tell you about part of my life. Life is about our stories. Maybe this will give you...

Many people comment on science. The fact that they obviously don't know what they are talking about doesn't seem to stop or embarrass them. Perhaps they don't admit (or know) that they can't speak science!

How can you bridge two worlds of knowledge if you don't know something of both?...