Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to someone else:
The Arts: (I am not making this up) The American Society for
Microbiology sponsored an Agar
Art Contest. First place went to a depiction of neurons. Some good stuff.
Christianity: Christianity Today
reports that a recent Pew Research poll indicates that
those who attend church regularly are less likely to believe that science and religion conflict.
In Christianity Today, a pastor
tells us why
we should sympathize with, and help immigrants to the US.
Relevant reminds us of what real persecution is like.
Speculative Faith reminds us that October 31 is also Reformation Day.
Benjamin L. Corey says that Christians shouldn't go into hiding on
October 31, but acknowledges that there is something sick about a lot of
Halloween displays, and suggests how Christians should act on that date.
Computing: Wired argues that
the notion that what
happens on-line is not really real is nonsense, and dangerous nonsense.
Do you know what catfishing is? What astroturfing is?
They are both related to on-line reviews of items, ebooks in
particular, and unscrupulous people are making lots of money of some of
us this way, says National Public Radio.
Food: The New York Times examines nutritional studies, and finds them mostly wanting. To be specific, there is not good evidence that honey is better for you than fructose from corn.
Politics: Benjamin L. Corey argues that US tactics in Iraq and Afghanistan are creating
terrorists, faster than we are killing them.
Science: A writer in Wired muses on Avogadro's number, including giving us Avogadro's real name.
Image
source (public domain)
Musings on science, the Bible, and fantastic literature (and sometimes basketball and other stuff).
God speaks to us through the Bible and the findings of science, and we should listen to both types of revelation.
The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because it is public domain. I am grateful.
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The posts in this blog are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. You can copy and use this material, as long as you aren't making money from it. If you give me credit, thanks. If not, OK.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Sunspots 544
Labels:
art,
Avogadro's Number,
fructose,
Halloween,
links,
microbes,
on-line reviews,
persecution,
Politics
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