Hollywood is very fond of creating aliens that come to Earth in order to conquer it and exploit its resources. It can be a highly entertaining view of extraterrestrials and feeds on the natural fears of humans, but it is…
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Miracles are extraordinary events, coincidences, or phenomena for which there is no rational or scientificexplanation at the time. When there were few rational explanations for the unusual events in the natural world, the supernatural explanations had power. But there have been scientific explanations for…
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The problem with science is that it is conducted by finite fallible humans. Science is always conducted in an ideological framework. At first the ideological framework is called a hypothesis, with more evidence it is called a theory. With even…
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Serendipity is the Mother of Invention Throughout history, some of the most important scientific discoveries happened accidentally. In fact, serendipity plays an important role in scientific experimentation, and many well-known products, pharmaceuticals, and modern machines resulted from lucky mishaps. “Chance…
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Scientific discovery is finding something new and something unheard of before; scientific observation is learning new and different things about what is already known. Most discoveries are further enhanced by observations that lead on to better uses. Processing scientific theory…
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We sat in the dark. No lights, electricity, phone, or computer. Life had come to a screeching halt. The late April snow caught me by surprise. Without power, I suddenly had almost nothing to do. I had stuff to do,…
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Astrology and science, some would say, are worlds apart, but in many ways they are not so distant cousins. Where astrology deals with the different phases of planets on a more metaphysical level, science deals with planets on a more…
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Many devices have been used throughout history in attempts to cool the air. Long before the term “air conditioning” was coined by Stuart Cramer in 1906, the Persians built “cool wind towers” that captured the wind coming from any direction…
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Einstein wondered whether the universal language of science could be applied to morality. If the yes/no, true /false, adequate/inadequate testing method could build the edifice of our technological world, could we build a morality established on what is and not…
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The first and foremost purpose of inventing something is based on the idea that the product or device in question will either enhance our lives or make our work easier. X-Rays, MRI’s, and CAT scans have provided doctors with a…
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