Peaceful Science

What Does It Mean To Be Human?

A U-Turn on Adam and Eve S. Joshua Swamidass August 30, 2021
BioLogos updates their scientific position on Adam and Eve. This is an important step forward and a key milestone in the conversation. BioLogos Science Adam and Eve

A Pentecostal at The Smithsonian Michael Tenneson August 22, 2021
A pentecostal scientist explains his common cause with scientists at The Smithsonian, implementing a peaceful pedagogical approach. Evolution Society

Is There Phosphine Above the Clouds of Venus? Paul B. Rimmer August 14, 2021
I am one of the scientists studying phosphine in the clouds of Venus. We are still wondering if this is the first signs of life on another planet. Science

Videos

Alysson Muotri: Neanderthal Brains in a Bottle S. Joshua Swamidass February 15, 2021

William Lane Craig: An Exchange with Ken Ham S. Joshua Swamidass February 15, 2021

Fazale Rana: Thinking About Evolution S. Joshua Swamidass January 19, 2021

Michael S. Heiser: How Do Sacred and Natural History Entwine? S. Joshua Swamidass January 12, 2021

Featured

Why I Went Public on Evolution S. Joshua Swamidass November 29, 2020
I went public in 2012 on evolution. When it comes to personal risks, very personal reasons take center stage. Why did I go public? Confession Evolution Society

In Defense of Tim Keller S. Joshua Swamidass October 1, 2017
Instead of narrowly arguing for our own theology, let us all advocate for truthful accounts of science and the full diversity of the Church. Peace. Adam and Eve Dialogue Society The Genealogical Adam and Eve

What Became of the Genetic Challenge to Adam and Eve? William Lane Craig May 12, 2020
Does genetics challenge a single-couple origin to humanity? William Lane Craig explains how we found that this challenge was an illusion. Adam and Eve Science

The Biological Meaning of Race S. Joshua Swamidass June 18, 2020
We’ve understood differences to be rooted in our essential nature, but maybe they are not. So, maybe some of the ways the world is can be changed. Ancestry Race

Art & Ancestry: Humans Rendered Apart David Rygiol June 21, 2020
Whatever our skin color, country of origin, ethnicity, or culture, we are all one family, one blood, one race, the human race. What has rendered us apart? Ancestry Art Race The Genealogical Adam and Eve

Evangelicals Take on Artificial Intelligence S. Joshua Swamidass September 21, 2019
Can a computer house a mind? How would we construct a computational mind? How would they know if they succeeded? These questions welcome all of us. Artificial Intelligence

Ancestry, Race, and Origins

Science, Civil Rights, and the Doll Test Kristel Tjandra February 12, 2021
Two black scientists explored the effects of segregation on children. Their Doll Test played a key role in the Civil Rights movement. Ancestry Race Society

Why We Talk About Race S. Joshua Swamidass January 21, 2021
The questions of race return us to the grand question: what does it mean to be human? Science is important, but so is what lies beyond. Ancestry Race Society

Artificial Intelligence

Institutional Review Boards for Artificial Intelligence? Ashley Marie Moses July 14, 2021
Drawing on the history of ethics in medicine, perhaps Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) could be how we ensure AI is ethical and good. Artificial Intelligence

Pierre Baldi: Protein Folding and AI’s Impact on Science S. Joshua Swamidass December 7, 2020
Pierre Baldi has been applying Deep Learning, a type of AI, to study scientific problems, like protein folding. How is AI impacting science? Artificial Intelligence Science

Art, Beauty, and Perception

Is the Scientist a Woman? Or a Man? Kristel Tjandra February 2, 2021
Picture a scientist. Is the scientist a woman? Or a man? Most of us pictured a man, but it’s changing for the better. Art Science Society

Is There Beauty in the Coronavirus? Kristel Tjandra December 30, 2020
Is there beauty in a deadly coronavirus? These beautiful images of the virus are scientifically accurate watercolors by David Goodsell. Art Science

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