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Air conditioning and heating of all buildings and vehicles have greatly increased the productivity, health, and comfort of human beings and their domesticated animals. However,……
Global Warming
Scientific advances continue to demonstrate our improbable planet's fine-tuned features. In a recent issue of Science, a team of scientists led by Francis Macdonald described……
Life Design
Astrobiology is the scientific discipline dedicated to the search and study of life on other worlds. In spite of decades of research funding and dozens……
Exoplanets
Two weeks ago, I introduced my blog by describing my issue with how each of the Star Wars movies references civilizations in "a galaxy far,……
Galaxy Design
As I get older, I find myself forgetting things-a lot. But, thanks to smartphone technology, I have learned how to manage my forgetfulness by using……
Anthropic Principle
My last name, Rana, is Sanskrit in origin, referring to someone who descends from the Thar Ghar aristocracy. Living in Southern California means I don't……
Argument from Beauty
You may not have ever heard of him, but he played an important role in ushering in the Darwinian revolution in biology. His name was……
Animal Death
If God exists and if he is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, why is there so much pain and suffering in the world? This conundrum keeps……
How are Christians to view systems of thought that are rooted in pagan or secular beliefs? Are non-Christian belief systems so filled with error that……
Worldviews
In part 1 of this two-part series I noted that for Christians to effectively engage secularists in meaningful discussion, it is vital to understand secularists'……
Atheism
Having worked at science-faith apologetics organization Reasons to Believe for more than 20 years, I've observed that scientists and philosophers often think differently about the……
Physics
Do the experimental results of the incredibly small and unusual quantum world undermine our traditional understanding of reason and the laws of logic? In part……
Particle Physics
Looking back on 2018, I give thanks for the blessings God has rained upon me. I can't help but think how my vision of God's……
Challenges to Evolution
I just love nature! I recently enjoyed five days of extended hiking-65 glorious miles of soaking in the beauty of hills and fields and ocean-bay……
I love a good hiking story, and like all scientists I love the prospect of discovering something new. Really new. A recent "behind the paper"……
Genomics
Mosquitoes are the deadliest creatures on Earth, killing over half-a-million people annually and sickening hundreds of millions more. So why on earth would we celebrate……
Ecosystems
What comes to mind when you think of water? Personally, water reminds me of some of my favorite activities: canoeing down the spring-fed rivers of……
Life on Other Planets
When Albert Einstein first proposed his general theory of relativity, it transformed the way scientists thought about space and time. Specifically, the theory predicted that……
Laws of Physics
Two questions fascinate me: (1) Does life exist in the universe beyond the confines of Earth? (2) Will we ever create artificial intelligence here on……
Artificial Intelligence
In his book A Universe from Nothing, Lawrence Krauss makes no bones about his belief that science provides great contributions to our fundamental knowledge. By……
Theology
Late in life, atheist philosopher Bertrand Russell received this challenge: if, after death, he found himself face to face with God, what would he say?……
When people ask me how I became a follower of Christ, I am always struck with a sudden mixture of ecstasy and caution. My story……
We've all had journeys of various kinds. Sometimes the conceptual ones are the toughest. They're fraught with uncertainty, fear, even peril-but the rewards of a……
In my previous article, I argued that God as the Creator of reality is responsible for the basic components of our common existence. Our interactions……
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