Category: Science Dogmatism
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From Galileo to Hubble: Copernican principle as a philosophical dogma defining modern astronomy
Abstract For centuries the case of Galileo Galilei has been the cornerstone of every major argument against the church and its supposedly unscientific dogmatism. The church seems to have condemned Galileo for his heresies, just because it couldn’t and wouldn’t handle the truth. Galileo was a hero of science wrongfully accused and now – at…
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Resurrection? Difficult to believe? But it happens all the time. And science is the first to acknowledge it!
Life on Earth originated in an intimate partnership between the nucleic acids (genetic instructions for all organisms) and small proteins called peptides, according to two new papers from biochemists and biologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Auckland. Their "peptide-RNA" hypothesis contradicts the widely-held "RNA-world" hypothesis, which states…
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Dead. But still alive. The fallacy of definitions. The wisdom of not knowing...
Brain activity was detected as much as 10 minutes after death. (1) Well, at least "death" by the current standards of what dead means. Our definitions have come back to bite us. We have rushed to define death. But we do not even know what life is. Look at that butterfly. It knows more than…
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Moon bright…
Scientists put the Moon to work daily as a calibration source for space-based cameras that use the brightness and colors of sunlight reflecting off our planet to track weather patterns, trends in crop health, the locations of harmful algal blooms in oceans and much more. The information sent from Earth-facing imagers allows researchers to predict…
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Divorce. Separation. Matter. Soul.
Children of divorced parents are more likely to get divorced when compared to those who grew up in two-parent families - and genetic factors are the primary explanation, according to a study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Lund University in Sweden. The study's findings are notable because they diverge from the predominant narrative…
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