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A few weeks ago, we did a post on vestigial organs — organs that were once integral to our survival that we seem to have evolved beyond needing. Among the list were organs such as our appendix, our wisdom teeth, and our body hair. However, a new study has found that the spleen, often regarded…

In 1995, the National Association of Biology Teachers published its “Statement on Teaching Evolution.” The goal of the statement was to help address the controvery surrounding evolutionary theory in high school classrooms. However, rather than help alleviate the controversy, the document instead seemed to stir the troubled waters. Particularly problematic was the document’s definition of…

Every Monday, “Science and the Sacred” features an essay from one of The BioLogos Foundation’s leaders: Francis Collins, Karl Giberson and Darrel Falk. Today’s entry was written by Karl Giberson. Some Christians apparently believe that faith is a bad word. At least it seems this way when they ridicule science because it is based on…

“But the discoveries that come streaming in from our telescopes are inspiring thoughtful people not to subsume science to faith or faith to science, but to seek an accomodation between the two. It is this quest that is winning adherents as the millenium begins. Science and religion illuminate different mysteries, all agree, casting their light…

Migration can often be a long and difficult journey for animals.  For the bar-headed goose, migration often entails flights over the highest mountains in the world: the Himalayas. Bar-headed geese have been observed flying at altitudes as high as 30,000 feet.  At such a height, the thin air contains only a quarter of the oxygen…

In 1923, self-taught geologist and amateur scientist George McCready Price published his work The New Geology.  A vocal opponent of evolutionary theory and an advocate of young earth creationism, Price dedicated much of his book to bringing down the “geological column,” a strategy which he believed would undermine the support of evolutionary theory and make…

“You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.” – Walter M. Miller, Jr.A Canticle for Leibowitz What exactly is a soul? Is it a physical entity? Can it be separated from the body? Many different opinions about the meaning of the soul exist, and only one aspect of…

Source: mangtacio / Flickr / All Rights Reserved “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” – C.S. Lewis Professor Alister McGrath begins his second of six Gifford Lectures from 2009 with this quote, which he says…

Normally each Monday “Science and the Sacred” features an essay from one of The BioLogos Foundation’s leaders. However, this week we welcome a special entry from guest contributors Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum. It is one of the oldest conflicts, one of the hardest fought, one of the most destructive. It is also, sadly, among…

In this TED lecture, Nina Jablonski — scientist, primatologist, and author of Skin: A Natural History — discusses the evolution of human skin color in response to varying levels of UV exposure in different geographical environments.  Inhabitants of equatorial areas, where destructive UVB rays are more prevalent, have evolved darker pigmentation to filter out these…
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