Concern is growing in the research community about people’s trust in science. From vaccines to the climate, too many people doubt the clear evidence science provides. The results are all around us. Mistrust of vaccine safety and effectiveness means Canada has lost its status as a measles-free country. Enough individuals are hesitant to vaccinate that…
The news is filled with reports of wars and conflicts, in which modern weapons inflict widespread death and suffering. And those are just the conflicts that reach our feeds. We live in a time when small, local conflicts are increasing. Wars affect millions of civilians, both adults and children. Humans are, unfortunately, experts in the…
What a wonder our universe is! Take light, for example. We can see only a tiny band of the electromagnetic spectrum. At the shorter end are ultraviolet light, X-rays and gamma rays, while at the longer end are infrared light, microwaves, radar and radio. Our atmosphere absorbs many of these wavelengths, preventing them from reaching…
B.C. has banned grizzly hunting, and, as is all too common, this has led to confrontational thinking. Hunters say, “There’s plenty grizzlies; it’s all a PETA ploy.” The cabinet minister in charge says, “There are not enough grizzlies to continue a hunt with our current information.” My view is something like this: People who hunt so…
“. . . but test everything; hold fast what is good.” 1 Thess. 5:21 (ESV) I teach computer science students how to program computers, and testing is a crucial component of learning to program. In fact, the modern approach to software engineering advocates a Test Driven Development where testing is simultaneously intertwined with the writing…
The BioLogos Foundation is a Christian faith and science organization founded by Francis Collins, who later served as the head of the American National Institutes of Health (NIH), serving for 17 years under three presidents. For many years, BioLogos was led by Debora Haarsma, formerly of Calvin University. Recently, BioLogos released an open letter to…
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