January 11, 2018

How to Deceive with Statistics: Distortions Due to Diminutive Denominators

Ever wonder how the "Happy Planet Index" rates Mexico number two, Bangladesh number eight, Venezuela number 29, and the USA number 108 of 140 countries?  The same trick as used in calculating the "climate sensitivity" of greenhouses gases is at work.

December 20, 2016

Idolatry in Science

Idolatry: thinking your model truly represented the underlying reality.

November 28, 2016

The Peer Review Problem

The process of peer review is a cornerstone of scientific integrity, the guarantee of quality in a scientific research paper. Supposedly.

September 29, 2016

How Opiates Devastated the Heartland

In a recent year, over 16,000 people died from overdoses of prescription pain-killing drugs – more than from all illegal drugs combined.

March 27, 2016

Science, Religion and the Big Bang Theory

The history of the Big Bang Theory is a remarkable tale with a genuine hero of both science and religion.

December 25, 2015

Yes Virginia...

As editor Francis Church wrote in 1897, “Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.” That point has gradually sunk in with scientists.

December 6, 2015

Why Is the Pope Mad at Me?

It is very awkward for a loyal Catholic with any measure of scientific acumen to watch as Vatican prelates are manipulated by U.N. bureaucrats.

October 14, 2015

Explaining the Latest Nobel Prize in Physics

The “Standard Model,” relating the forces of nature and the many known sub-atomic particles, must now be corrected, proving once again that science is never settled.

December 15, 2013

Faith within Science

The universe greatly exceeds human comprehension.

April 22, 2013

Earth Day Lesson: Environment is not Climate

March 26, 2013

What Science Really Says about Religion

Science itself emphatically does not disprove religion; the notion that they're in conflict belongs to professors in the humanities who passed only a minimum science requirement decades ago.