Leggi in Italiano I host this from a sister blog where I first published the post Chemistry is all around us! The Earth, the whole universe including our own bodies are fundamentally composed by just the 92 chemical elements in the periodic table. Our very experience of the natural world with its beautiful display of... Continue Reading →
The Dolphin Tank
Leggi in Italiano Most of the greatest scientists of all times were (and some are still) believers. At the same time though some of the excellent minds of our time do not hold a religious view. This has made me often wonder at whether religious belief per se precludes (or encourages) good science. I have... Continue Reading →
Water into Wine
Leggi in Italiano I have always been fascinated by the Gospel’s story of Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11). And that’s not just because of my love for good wines (especially the robust red ones from my native Sicily) but also for the very joyful and humane image that... Continue Reading →