Preparing Earth for Multicellular Life August 17, 2018 My family vacationed in the California redwoods and the giant sequoias this past summer. Seeing these majestic trees towering above the surrounding landscape invokes... Geology & Earth by Jeff Zweerink Read
Maybe We Are Alone in the Universe June 29, 2018 Back in the summer of 1950, famed physicist Enrico Fermi visited Los Alamos National Laboratory and discussed the possibility of interstellar travel with his... Extraterrestrials & UFOs by Jeff Zweerink Read
Kepler Helps Reveal Answers to Big Questions about the Cosmos June 15, 2018 “But wait, there’s more!” This infamous phrase preceded the offer of yet another “great” benefit if you bought a Ginsu knife set or a... Astronomy by Jeff Zweerink Read
Is Replicating Self-Healing Life Possible? June 1, 2018 A few weeks ago, I highlighted scientific advances of a “self-aware” cyberslug. Not to be outdone, scientists have now developed materials that automatically make... Design by Jeff Zweerink Read
Does the Multiverse Help Naturalism? May 18, 2018 Perhaps our universe isn’t as finely tuned as we thought! We know that life requires stars and planets to form. Overly rapid expansion of... Astronomy by Jeff Zweerink Read
Hawking’s Final Word on the Beginning May 11, 2018 Did the universe begin to exist or not? The final paper from Stephen Hawking indicates that the universe did have a beginning. Here are... Astronomy by Jeff Zweerink Read
Do Both Science and Christianity Require Faith? May 4, 2018 Davies basically argues that scientists must largely accept that the laws of physics work without having an adequate understanding of why they work. Nothing... Physics & Mathematics by Jeff Zweerink Read
Earth Protects Life from Dangerous Space Radiation April 20, 2018 On September 1, 1859, the Sun experienced an unusually large storm that ejected a massive cloud of charged particles. Seventeen hours later, on September... Geology & Earth by Jeff Zweerink Read
A Virtual “Self-Aware” Predator March 23, 2018 What do these movies have in common? Bicentennial Man, Tron, Short Circuit, WarGames, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, D.A.R.Y.L. If you guessed that artificial... Human Origins & Anthropology by Jeff Zweerink Read
A Brief Response to Stephen Hawking’s Passing March 16, 2018 As announced in the Daily Mail, the renowned Stephen Hawking died peacefully at his home on Wednesday. Since I work for an Christian organization... People by Jeff Zweerink Read
The Role of Plate Tectonics in the Symphony March 9, 2018 Find the common theme among these things: a good joke, a well-hit baseball, a long touchdown pass, a moving piece of music. Give up?... Geology & Earth by Jeff Zweerink Read
In The Beginning . . . February 23, 2018 If we were transported to the late 1800s, we would learn that the prevailing scientific picture of the universe was that it had always... Bible by Jeff Zweerink Read