Science in the Bluegrass — The church and science
by“For most of its history the Catholic Church rejected scientific findings that conflicted with its doctrine.” I work for the Vatican’s astronomical observatory and…
“For most of its history the Catholic Church rejected scientific findings that conflicted with its doctrine.” I work for the Vatican’s astronomical observatory and…
“Doesn’t science, like evolution and the Big Bang, conflict with Genesis and Adam and Eve?” This question was posed to me at a Science…
Kentuckians “invaded” the Vatican’s astronomical observatory this winter. The Vatican Observatory has two sites: near Rome, and in Arizona (where the skies are darker…
Some people love math. Recently I had the opportunity to visit the home of one such person — the 18th-century astronomer Benjamin Banneker. His…
Robert Frosts’ poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” tells of him pausing to watch snow fall, far from any house, at a…
There is going to be a Gold Mass — for those in science — in the Archdiocese of Louisville. You may be familiar with…
Did you see the tears of St. Lawrence last week? The “Tears of St. Lawrence” is an old name for the Perseid meteor shower….
Randomness is a popular concept. People invoke it as an explanation for the world: Stuff just happens. No explanation or cause needed. The world…
Here is a tale about clocks, Jupiter, Genesis and how science can raise big questions without even trying. Early clocks were like “grandfather” clocks…
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…