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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

Suffering, Stephen Colbert, and the California Wildfires

Can we suffer and be happy? We can learn how to suffer well through the example of others and deference to the transcendent.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.4 min read

The Genius of Women in Astronomy: When Harvard Used Women As Computers

The “Harvard Computers” were women in astronomy responsible for significant advancements. Their contributions reveal (as JPII would say) the genius of women
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Lindsay Rudegeair4 min read

This Labor Day, How Can We Work Like St. Joseph?

With over 52% of Americans reporting dissatisfaction at work, what can we do to find purpose in “meaningless” jobs, and work like St. Joseph?
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.5 min read

“JUST RIGHT": The Chemistry of Life

If molecules are too stable, metabolism and reproduction are impossible. If too reactive, then they don't exist for long. How did it get to be just right?
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Carol Lynn Miller1 min read

Thomistic Personalism – A Marriage Made in Heaven, Hell, or Harvard (actual video title!)

Peter Kreeft asserts that “Thomistic Personalism” is helping us arrive at a fuller understanding of the human person – not just what, but who, we are.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.3 min read

To Go Where Icarus Dared: NASA’S Mission to Touch the Sun

On August 12, 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe, beginning an exciting mission to get closer to the sun than any spacecraft in history.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.7 min read

Are We Special?–The Anthropic Principle

Dr. Kurland defends the Anthropic Principle—the idea that life is only possible because laws of physics and boundary conditions are perfectly suited to it.
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Lindsay Rudegeair1 min read

Two-Part Podcast Interview with Fr. Spitzer on the Man-Up Show

This two-part podcast interview with Fr. Robert Spitzer on the Man-Up Show focuses on evidence for God and the battle to reconcile faith and science.
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Joel Fernandes3 min read

The Intellectual Endeavor of Science

The academic discipline of science can broaden our understanding of reality and directs our longing for Truth to God. For example, the Sahara Desert...
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.3 min read

A New Kind of Fossil Record Revisited

Recently, I wrote a post about a gene survey that examined 100,000 species. With the help of a Magis reader, we discovered another side to the story.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

5 Key Pieces of Evidence on the Shroud of Turin

A dive into the scientifically validated evidence on the Shroud of Turin.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.4 min read

The Evolution of the Universe

Do modern theories in cosmology support the idea of creation? There is evidence that suggests the universe is expanding - what does this mean for...
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