What Science Doesn't Know
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The video above tells the story of Chase Britton, a little boy born without a cerebellum.
According to everything we “know” about the brain, Chase shouldn’t be alive, shouldn’t be able to walk assisted, shouldn’t be able to do many things he mysteriously can do.
I don’t have any point to make except that the human person is remarkable and still a great mystery, even with the human genome mapped.... READ MORE
What Do You Remember from High School?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Friday, June 29, 2012
Any other high school science geeks out there?
I enjoyed a walk down memory lane with this “science literacy” quiz at the Christian Science Monitor: quiz here. I don’t really think the results indicate familiarity with basic science concepts - most of the questions concern trivia - and you can definitely get an edge by knowing ancient Greek culture and language, but I had fun answering the questions anyway. Maybe you will too!
Scientist Priests
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Here’s a fun little article from Catholic Exchange.
Whip it out next time someone tries to tell you Christianity is anti-Science.
Even though Europe learned the scientific method from Roger Bacon, Franciscan priest?
And standardized the technique for experimentation through Robert Grosseteste, bishop?
And the fields of Geology, Modern Astronomy & Genetics were each “fathered” by priests?
(Plus,... READ MORE
Transit of Venus
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Friday, June 08, 2012
There is nothing like a NASA video to get us marveling simultaneously at the grandeur of God and the astonishing capability of man.
Here’s video of Tuesday’s transit of Venus, filmed in different wavelengths of light so we can see things not otherwise visible.
I can’t watch something like that without thinking of Psalm 8:
For the leader; “upon the gittith.”* A psalm of David.
O LORD, our Lord,... READ MORE
So Perfectly Organized
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Monday, November 28, 2011
In this video, Alexander Tsiaris, who helped develop the MRI, talks to an audience about the marvels of human development. He also shows a clip of his video showing the development of a person from conception to birth. He tells us among other things
that the developing human body is “so perfectly organized a structure that it was hard not to attribute divinity to it.”
“So perfectly organized” is Science for “fearfully and wonderfully made,” perhaps. At any rate, his wonder is marvelous.
With a polite nod to Lifesite News. You can find a link to Tsiaris’ entire video by clicking the link.
NOT a Vegetable
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Have you seen this story yet?
A three-year-old boy in New York is missing his cerebellum - a vital part of his brain - and yet continues to learn and develop, defying medical expectations.
According to the article, little Chase Britton’s case is “leaving doctors bewildered and experts rethinking what they thought they knew about the human brain.”
To me, the most inspiring part of the story are the words of his mother, who says of her son, “People could view this as a tragic story. But that depends on how you look at life. You can be angry or you can appreciate what you have been given. Chase was meant to be with us.”
Read the whole thing here.
Why The Other Lines Are Moving Faster
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Wednesday, December 22, 2010
For those of you still Christmas shopping, here’s why your line seems to be stuck.
Think Happy, Live Longer
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Thursday, November 18, 2010
Do optimists live longer?
According to some very preliminary research, it appears they might. This article has the details.
The team that did the study made it clear that this could be a correlative rather than a causal relationship: “Pessimistic people may be more prone to developing habits and problems that cut life short, such as smoking, obesity and hypertension.”
I know very little about medicine... READ MORE
Building for Science
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Got any LEGO fans in your house? Or kids who are interested in space exploration? How about both?
If so, you might enjoy reading about this new endeavor: “NASA and LEGO Join Forces”.
As part of the first step of the partnership, astronauts on board the International Space Station will build models out of LEGOs while schoolchildren watch and make similar models in their classrooms.
According to the... READ MORE
A Different Type of Stem Cell
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Thursday, November 04, 2010
Along with many pro-lifers, I was saddened to read recently that researchers at the University of Michigan have created our state’s first embryonic stem cell line. But today I read about a different stem cell development that made me happy.
It can be frustrating to read news articles about stem cell research because it seems like most coverage fails to mention the fact that adult stem cell research... READ MORE
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