Eco, Ego, Eros
The Higgs Field as the New Ether
What the heck is the Higgs boson, has it really been found, and why should we care? Read story.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Sex at Dawn
Are humans polyamorous by nature? Research psychologist says the evidence points to "casual, friendly promiscuity" as our ancestral heritage. Read story.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Darwin’s Unfinished Business
Mind can think of designs and then explore those designs within itself and is therefore both creator and created. Like Nature. Read story.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
In Defense of Philosophy
Philosophy has come under attack by various scientists in recent years, generally because, well, they just don’t get it. Read story.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Seeking the Divine
“Spiritual but not religious” has become cliché because it’s true – we are increasingly rejecting organized religion in favor of a more authentic and individualized spirituality. The fastest-growing religious movement seems to be that of no religion. Read story.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
On Ends and Endings
The increasing power to shape our own evolution is part of the same evolutionary process that has always been present, but it has taken a huge jump in rapidity with the advent of modern technology. Read story.
Monday, February 27, 2012
On Time and Free Will
What does physics have to teach us about determinism? Read story.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
The Mirror of the World
Environmentalism is generally viewed as the movement designed to help protect and preserve the natural world around us, distinct from the artificial world of homes, neighborhoods, and cities. Read story.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Evolutionary Spirituality
Andrew Cohen. a spiritual teacher based in Massachusetts, talks about the evolution of God in the first of an occasional series of interview with thought leaders in many different fields. Read story.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
On Relativity
Neutrinos, the most ghostly particles we know of, are hitting far above their weight class. Read story.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
The Summit
What is the nature of God? How is it revealed to human perception? Read story.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
The Source
Even if we accept the ground of being as without beginning and without end (presumably), we can never rule out the possibility that the ground itself evolves. Read story.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
On Self and Soul
As with the “vacuum” of modern physics, Buddha’s "emptiness," now part of many Buddhist schools of thought, is not really empty. It is, in fact, everything. Read story.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
A Science of Beauty, Part II
The structure, the form, the patterns we see throughout nature are in fact the manifestation of appreciation, of beauty, by many levels (hierarchies) of non-human minds. Read story.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Is It Art?
Art has been around for as long as humans have been around and it seems that thinking about art—the philosophy of art—has been too. Read story.
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