Chain of life
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My Million-Year-Old Back Yard
Our back yard is filled with ancient plants and animals. It’s a mysterious garden of life forms that have mutated and evolved seemingly beyond recognition over eons. In imagining their origins I look into a Past that, like a god,… Continue reading
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Religion for Atheists
In his 2012 book Religion for Atheists, Alain de Botton has this message for atheists: don’t let your outrage at religion blind you to its wisdom about suffering and its contributions to culture. Religions (in the book, mostly Christianity, some Judaism… Continue reading
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Human Evolution, Backward and Forward
From Dutch graphic designer Jurian Möller, here’s a striking one-minute video that shows the evolution of humans from the present backwards and then forward again. Above the image, the video tracks the number of years in the past along with… Continue reading
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Spirituality From Science
Several pieces of scientific information have been important to me in finding perspective and direction in my life. This information is spiritual to me, which is to say that it gives me a sense of having a meaningful place in… Continue reading
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Neil Shubin’s ‘The Universe Within’
The full title is The Universe Within: The Deep History of the Human Body, (2013). Neil Shubin explores the connections between us and the history of not only the planet but the cosmos as well. The molecules that compose our bodies… Continue reading
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The Very, Very Long View
From yesterday’s New York Times (9/28/2014), a chart of the artist and his particles over billions of years. Me and the Universe By ANDERS NILSEN SEPT. 24, 2014 Anders Nilsen is the author of the graphic novel “Rage of Poseidon.” Continue reading
Lives on Earth 