Did you see the tears of St. Lawrence last week? The “Tears of St. Lawrence” is an old name for the Perseid meteor shower….
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Randomness is a popular concept. People invoke it as an explanation for the world: Stuff just happens. No explanation or cause needed. The world…
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Here is a tale about clocks, Jupiter, Genesis and how science can raise big questions without even trying. Early clocks were like “grandfather” clocks…
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Can you name a faith-filled scientist who combined faith and science to write poetry and hymns of praise? There’s Johannes Kepler. He made breakthroughs…
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John Adams, the second president of the United States, surely was no fan of Advent. Writing to Thomas Jefferson in January of 1825, he…
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Look around the Archdiocese of Louisville for a statue of a prominent scientist. You won’t find much. But you can find a large statue…
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Extraterrestrials! They are an idea from science whose impact on popular culture has been huge. Think of those big movie franchises that involve beings…
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Where does life come from? The first chapter of Genesis describes life being created by God, who instructs living things to “be fertile and…
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We are separate now. To slow this virus that plagues us, we maintain a “social distance” from whomever we can. We communicate remotely, through…
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Last October my wife and I saw two bald eagles soaring above the Ohio River, against a perfect blue sky. This was right by…
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