
Science in the Bluegrass — The longest Advent possible
Advent is four full weeks this year, the longest Advent possible. Christmas falls on a Sunday. So does the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy…
Read MoreAdvent is four full weeks this year, the longest Advent possible. Christmas falls on a Sunday. So does the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy…
Read MoreThe Archdiocese of Louisville will celebrate science soon. You are invited to the celebration! Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre will celebrate a Gold Mass for…
Read More“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…
Read More“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…
Read MoreKentuckians “invaded” the Vatican’s astronomical observatory this winter. The Vatican Observatory has two sites: near Rome, and in Arizona (where the skies are darker…
Read MoreSome people love math. Recently I had the opportunity to visit the home of one such person — the 18th-century astronomer Benjamin Banneker. His…
Read MoreRobert Frosts’ poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” tells of him pausing to watch snow fall, far from any house, at a…
Read MoreThere is going to be a Gold Mass — for those in science — in the Archdiocese of Louisville. You may be familiar with…
Read MoreDid you see the tears of St. Lawrence last week? The “Tears of St. Lawrence” is an old name for the Perseid meteor shower….
Read MoreRandomness 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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