Elaine Ecklund: Do Science and Faith Need Each Other?
S. Joshua Swamidass
September 10, 2020
Do science and faith need each other? Join the conversation today with Elaine Ecklund, a sociologist of science, about her new book.
Science
S. Joshua Swamidass
Dr. Swamidass is the founder of Peaceful Science. He is an associate professor at Washington University in Saint Louis where he runs a computational biology group using artificial intelligence to explore science at the intersection of biology, chemistry, and medicine.
Steven Olson: The Apocalypse Factory
S. Joshua Swamidass
August 5, 2020
On August 17, 2020, Steve Olson is discussing his book on the nuclear bomb and the Hanford site: the factory refined plutonium fuel for the bombs.
Society
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
Quayshawn Spencer: Is Race Real?
S. Joshua Swamidass
June 11, 2020
Is race real? Or an illusion? With the death of George Floyd, we are now asking questions about race. We invited philosopher Quayshawn Spencer to discuss.
Ancestry
Video
Adam Rutherford: How to Argue With A Racist?
S. Joshua Swamidass
June 7, 2020
Biologists Dr. Lents and Dr. Swamidass interview geneticist Adam Rutherford about his new book, How to Argue With a Racist.
Ancestry
Video
J. P. Moreland: Brains, Minds and the Soul
S. Joshua Swamidass
June 3, 2020
Dr. Swamidass and Dr. Lents are live streaming an interview with philosopher J.P. Moreland on Brains, Minds and the Soul.
Our Mission and Values
S. Joshua Swamidass
April 18, 2020
We fill a unique role in the conversation. Our values will be made more concrete as we align our organization, community, blog, and forum to this mission.
News
A Round of Written Interviews
S. Joshua Swamidass
March 31, 2020
A readers guide to the written interviews about the The Genealogical Adam and Eve: Christianity Today, Paul Louis Metzger, Sean McDowell, and Duke Divinity.
News
The Genealogical Adam and Eve
Is COVID-19 Created or Designed?
S. Joshua Swamidass
March 12, 2020
Consider COVID-19 with Behe. If God created all things, then in this sense He designed us all. Still, creation is not design and design is not creation.
Design
Evolution
Theology
I Was Wrong on “Monophyletic”
S. Joshua Swamidass
March 10, 2020
I was wrong. I incorrectly used the terms monophyletic and polyphyletic in my book, The Genealogical Adam and Eve. I am correcting the record here.
Science
The Genealogical Adam and Eve