Homepage flex

Flickr Charles Clegg (CC)

Are Developmental Mistakes Essential to Evolution? Joanna Masel

Are Science and Religion in Conflict?

Peter Harrison

Evolution, Philosophy, Reason, Religion, Science

Is Character Necessary for Moral Behavior?

Angela Knobel

Behavior, Morality, Philosophy

Detail of Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Allegory of Good Government (1338-1340), discussed below.

Can Private Vice Produce Public Virtue?

Joseph E. Capizzi

Behavior, Markets, Morality, Philosophy

What Can Evolutionary Biology Contribute to Theology, and vice versa?

Celia Deane-Drummond

Evolution, Philosophy, Religion, Science

Why Do We Sleep?

Erik Hoel

Behavior, Evolution, Science

The Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee, was the venue for the 1925 Scopes Trial in which John Scopes, a substitute high school teacher, was accused of violating a state law forbidding public schools from teaching human evolution.

Do Americans Believe Science and Religion Are in Conflict?

Jonathan Hill

Religion, Science

Buddhist Persective on Science- (cropped)

What Is a Buddhist Perspective on Scientific Discoveries About the Nature of the Universe?

Chris Impey

Cosmology, Religion

What Does Quantum Mechanics Suggest About Our Perceptions of Reality?

Hans Halvorson

Philosophy, Science

Is Good Character Caught or Taught?

James Arthur & Kristján Kristjánsson

Morality, Philosophy

Exploring the big questions of human purpose and ultimate reality. We feature essays by leading thinkers and writers and invite you, the readers, to join in author-led discussions.

Attending to Technology
Alan Jacobs
The Enduring Legacy of The Twilight Zone
Brian Murray