How did an event 4 billion years ago make advanced life possible now? … read more

Beginnings tell us a lot about children. A child’s “firsts” inform us about his or her personality, development, and adult future.… read more

A friend of mine tells me that the latter days of summer always make her depressed. She feels this way because as the days get shorter she has less… read more

I was first introduced to the “no-hair theorem” when I was a graduate student at the University of Toronto. Famous theoretical… read more

Where is everybody? This common query represents the bewilderment of decades of futility in the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life (ETI).… read more

Can early morning walks help stave off nearsightedness? … read more

It may be surprising for some readers to learn that the Bible declared millennia ago that the fundamental physics of the universe has not and does… read more

Ever since it was proposed a century ago, the big bang creation model has been under scrutiny and ongoing refinement. Discordance between a… read more

My colleague Fazale (Fuz) Rana has been full-time with me at Reasons to Believe (RTB) for the past 22 years. As a biochemist, he loves to speak and… read more

In last week’s post, “Neutron Star Mergers, Part 1: Evidence for Creation,” I described how astronomers’ observations of… read more

The early twentieth-century discovery of the cosmic expansion rate convinced astronomers that the universe had a beginning. Mounting evidence since… read more

Over the past decade, many people have asked for my perspective on the spiritual journey of renowned astronomer and cosmologist Allan Sandage.… read more

One of the joys I experience as a scientist comes from reading how researchers have discovered features in nature that can help humanity. Mechanical… read more

During one of my ministry trips to Hong Kong, several Chinese science professors took me to a famous restaurant for a traditional Chinese dinner. The… read more

Earth’s life history shows the rapid introduction of complex life-forms, followed by mass extinctions, followed again by novel life-forms.… read more

Is the universe fine-tuned for human existence? If so, how do we know it and is such design intentional? … read more

Donkeys and horses were the most highly valued animals of the ancient world. These equines were the automobiles, trucks, and trains of preindustrial… read more

Who thinks about vast galaxies and how their movements might affect humanity? Probably not many of us, but astronomers study galaxy movements in… read more