Physics Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner famously asked about the "unreasonable effectiveness" of mathematics in understanding nature. A physicist suggests a religious answer.
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What is the state of the scientific evidence about sex-discordant gender identity?
In the last ten years, scientists have placed various components of the human brain into animals of other species. These experiments raise important questions.
We should move toward a more human, less reductive science of depression.
The Book of Genesis calls the Sun and Moon the “two great lights.” Here is the story of how Christian thinkers “followed the science” in interpreting this, with an ironic twist in the plot.
The Church has a rich tradition of reflection on the natural environment. Part I of this article takes us from Pope St. John Paul II to Pope Francis.
The Church has a rich tradition of reflection on the natural environment. Part I of this article takes us from St. Augustine to St. Thomas Aquinas.
A priest-theologian-biologist reflects on how God loves of Creation and we should.
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Franciscan priest and former biochemist tells how his philosophical journey started with the question “What is a human being?”
The remarkable story of the Jesuit astronomers in China.
A priest-scientist who was an early champion of evolution.
Reports that neuroscience has disproved free will are mistaken.
