A proposed rule to mandate monogamy among ordained clergy, including those in homosexual relationships, has prompted pushback from three committees of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The overture, which was submitted by the Presbytery of Sierra...
A new study is challenging the conventional wisdom that a small, daily dose of alcohol might be good for your health. The research, published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, suggests that...
In a scientific first, researchers have turned plastic waste into a mainstay treatment for Parkinson’s disease (PD). In a proof-of-concept study, researchers used engineered bacteria to convert polyethylene terephthalate (PET) — a widely used plastic...
Tim Challies provides a thoughtful review of his own experimentation with AI. He offers some helpful suggestions and (I think) wise cautions. Some time ago, I decided I ought to familiarize myself with AI and...
Ed. note: I recently became aware of the work of a prolific British Historian, Adrian Goldsworthy. He has a YouTube channel with many videos discussing ancient Rome, a subject of great interest to me as...
Ed. note: I recently became aware of the work of a prolific British Historian, Adrian Goldsworthy. He has a YouTube channel with many videos discussing ancient Rome, a subject of great interest to me as...
Not long ago, I was sitting in an airport when a family of four appeared. The little boy, who seemed about five, was having a meltdown I’d heard many times before. His mother was doing...
The idea that cancer progression or disease survival can be influenced by a positive attitude or by keeping up a “fighting spirit” isn’t grounded in scientific evidence, he and other doctors said. Anecdotally, however, “you’ll...
With the creation of A.I., anthropomorphized chatbots are one critical example of how the rapidly advancing technology is testing the limits of the human condition. Source: The false promise of keeping a loved one ‘alive’...
