By: Jim Virkler; ©2008 At “God’s initial creative act,” as I used to describe The Big Bang to my astronomy students, the universe began in its state of highest order,…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2008 When spring arrives in northwest Illinois, our stony winter silence is broken by joyful, sometimes raucous bird songs. At this time of year, male birds stake…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2008 Let’s contemplate one more chemical wonder of the cell in the hope of converting some “ho-hums” to “wows” in the world of the very small. Imagine…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2008 Now and then I check a biology textbook in order to find an answer to a question on some detail of life science. Many of my…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2008 NA, that huge molecule contained in every chromosome of every cell in our body, is a treasure store of coded information which contains intricately detailed instructions.…
By: Jim Virkler; © How did the laws of nature come to be? Who authored them? These questions are related to discussions about the “fine-tuning” of the universe, the constancy…
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