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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.3 min read

Perseverance, Ingenuity, and the Mission to Mars

Last month, NASA launched Perseverance, NASA’s newest addition to the robotic Mars Exploration program, with Ingenuity Mar’s Helicopter attached to it.
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Prayer for Interior Transformation: the Examen

In this episode of Father Spitzer’s Universe, Fr. Spitzer proposes that those seeking interior transformation should turn to the Examen Prayer.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.6 min read

Gregor Mendel and Charles Darwin: Two Men and a Theory

Scientists Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel were contemporaries. Mendel certainly knew of Charles Darwin, but did Darwin ignore Gregor Mendel's work?
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John Clark3 min read

The Metaphysics of JFK

Many people who leave the Catholic Church pride themselves on the use of reason. But on the level of reason, when did the metaphysics stop being true?
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John Lennox: 'Exposing My Faith to Questioning Has Only Made it Stronger'

In the video below, Professor John Lennox shares that he found exposing his faith in God to questioning from others has only made it stronger.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.9 min read

What is Time? Part V: Quantum Time

This is the fifth in a series of articles addressing the question “What is time?” Here I’ll examine how time in quantum mechanics is strange.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.7 min read

Gregor Mendel: Priest, Teacher, Abbot, and Avid Beekeeper

Known as the "father of genetics," Gregor Mendel was also a priest, teacher, and abbot, raised bees, recorded meteorological data, and tracked sunspots!
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.6 min read

Is Free Will an Illusion?

If we're hardwired to respond to situations in a particular way, should we despair of ever being able to change? This brings up the question of free will.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.11 min read

What is Time? Part IV: Relativity and Time

In this piece, I’ll explain why relativity changes our view of time from an absolute dimension to one that depends on how we’re moving and where we are.
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John Clark4 min read

Getting Back in the Habit of Mass

We cradle Catholics must establish a habit for ourselves that was first established by others for us: the habit of going to Mass.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.4 min read

Made in His Image: the Social Synapse and the Neurobiology of Connection

The data is in: we are hardwired for connection and social interactions. Not a surprise—for God is a community of love, and we are made in His image.
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Michelle Miller5 min read

The Miracle that led to the Beatification of Blessed Conchita, Mystic and Mother

In 2006, a miraculous healing was attributed to wife, mother, and mystic from Mexico, Blessed Conchita. She also founded lay and religious apostolates.
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