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Dog Breeds as Separate Species: Observing Evolution
in area: Commentary
Scientific American published a tongue-in-cheek piece advocating a reclassification of dog breeds into different species of dog. The author has a point: If a species is defined as a reproductively i...
An Argument For a Celibate Priesthood
in area: Commentary
It's not often that the secular media get anything right about the meat of Catholic theology. Father Robert Barron gives us a splendidly reasoned exception with his argument for priestly celibacy, pub...
Tom Hanks, Clueless About Angels & Demons Controversy
in area: Commentary
Is it offensive if someone falsely accuses your family of murder?CNN reports that actor Tom Hanks, star of the Da Vinci Code sequel Angels & Demons, has stated that there is nothing controversial ...
Catholic Answers Sues the IRS: Turnabout is Fair Play
in area: Commentary
In 2004, the IRS fined the non-profit group Catholic Answers, the country's premier lay apologetics organization, for making statements ostensibly related to the presidential election.  (In the U...
Leaving Baby Jayden to Die Was Wrong, But Not Rationed Care
in area: Commentary
Sarah Capewell of the United Kingdom went into labor when she was 21 weeks and 5 days pregnant.  Unfortunately for her and her son, in the U.K., the National Health Service (NHS) has declared tha...
Vatican Holds Astrobiology Conference: Are There Extraterrestrials?
in area: In the News
A six-day scientific conference to discuss astrobiology—the science of life beyond Earth, so-far hypothetical—concluded at the Vatican Observatory yesterday (Nov. 11). Read the story ...
Diagnosing Depression from a Snapshot
in area: Commentary
A Canadian woman with major depressive disorder so severe she is on long-term sick leave has had her diagnosis declared null and void based on some snapshots. (Read the take from World of Psychology.)...
Aboard the Space Station: Scripture, Religious Images, Relic
in area: In the News
They say that going to space is a spiritual experience. This experience is not lost on Russian Orthodox cosmonauts, who have equipped the International Space Station (ISS) with a supply of religious ...
Learning and Memory in the Fetus
in area: In the News
I have argued on this blog that newborns can learn and remember things we may not give them credit for. This belief is based on anecdotal observations and stories of newborn infants, as well as some d...
The Obama Budget, NASA, and the Future of the Space Program
in area: In the News
For the past 35 years, humans have visited only the bare edge of space. Since the Apollo missions ended in 1975, NASA has sent astronauts only to low-earth orbit, with Space Shuttle missions and trips...