Summer 2010 In the Zone Dan Cloer What is it about human beings that makes us always want to push the limits? When it comes to the frontiers of medical science, is it possible to go too far?
Spring 2010 In the Beginning Martin Coates How the universe came into existence continues to intrigue—and baffle—cosmologists. Can anyone ever know how it all really began?
The New Synthesis Dan Cloer May 20, 2010, may one day be known as another key marker, a hinge of history in terms of the human control of life.
In Darwin’s Words Dan Cloer Darwin seemed to understand that sometimes the more we know, the more we realize how little we know.
Yes, but . . . Martin Coates Even if one accepts the big-bang model on faith, obvious questions come to mind for most people: What came before the big bang?
Winter 2010 The Descent of Darwinism Dan Cloer How did Darwin’s theory of natural selection and survival of the fittest become today’s dominant worldview?
Fall 2009 Rachel Carson: A Voice That Broke the Silence Lindsay Keefer Mid-20th-century technological advances caused many to ignore the potentially negative effects. One early voice of caution was that of Rachel Carson.
Fall 2009 The Sensitive Explorer Dan Cloer Vision interviews astronaut Michael Massimino who has traveled to space twice to help repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
Fall 2009 Watchdogs of the Sea Lindsay Keefer Marine biologist Eric Montie discusses some of the challenges in determining the presence and effects of chemicals such as DDT in marine mammals.
Article Collection Astronomical Leaps Where did the universe come from? the “big bang” has become the dominant answer. But that frames a new question: What happened before the big bang?
