It is not the case that science is driven by scepticism, observation and experiment, while Christianity requires you to believe “six impossible things before breakfast.” Science and Christianity are both built on evidence… […]
It may be a little unsettling but the fact remains: a chimpanzee and a human being have 98.8 per cent of their DNA in common. We are very close cousins, biologically speaking—but we […]
I could live anywhere in the world… if it weren’t for Second Valley. You see: it’s spoilt me for living anywhere else. Now: before I tell you any more, I have to insist […]
There is something awfully final about death. After the miracle of birth, death seems a bit of an anticlimax. There is no fanfare, just the slow turning off of the switch for many of […]
You are a leftover. And, evidently, our world is made of leftovers. Even more astounding: our universe is made of leftovers. For every one billion particles of anti-matter in the early universe, there […]
Interesting things happen in space. They’ve grown a rose in space to see if zero gravity would affect its smell. It does, evidently. And there’s a star, a white dwarf which scientists have […]