SCIENCE BLOG

Rapid Human Revolutions

By Jim Virkler | April 6, 2018

Published 4-6-2018 The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution began about 10,000 years ago. Planetary climate conditions changed suddenly for humanity. Humans went from the Ice Age to climate conditions with which we…

God’s Image in Pre-historic Humanity

By Jim Virkler | March 27, 2018

Published 3-27-2018 Humanity’s rapid move to agriculture was a startling development beginning about 10,000 years ago. The rather abrupt change from hunter/gathering is a fascinating study topic. The move to…

Humanity’s Last 2000 Centuries

By Jim Virkler | March 19, 2018

Published 3-19-2018 Modern anatomical humans originated about 200,000 years ago. Prior to that there existed a virtual managerie of different hominid species, sometimes historically reported using the imagery of a…

Hawking’s Time Discovery

By Jim Virkler | March 14, 2018

Published 3-14-2018 In less than one month two human giants have passed into timeless eternity. The subjects of their achievements could not have been more dissimilar. Notwithstanding, for different reasons,…

Editing the DNA Code

By Jim Virkler | March 8, 2018

Published 3-8-2018 The process of editing is a high level human skill. With respect to written works from high school essays to newspaper articles to drama texts, skillful editors are…

Epigenetics Buzzword

By Jim Virkler | February 28, 2018

Published 2-28-2018 The DNA code, discovered during the lifetimes of millions of people alive today, provides instructions for simple atoms and molecules of matter to form and assemble themselves into…

Life’s Developmental Miracle

By Jim Virkler | February 21, 2018

Published 2-21-2018 Miracle: A highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment that brings very welcome consequences. The foregoing definition of “miracle” modifies what many people traditionally believed about the…

Inspirational Eclipses

By Jim Virkler | February 11, 2018

Published 2-11-2018 When public media assign extra hyperbole to celestial events that already possess appeal and fascination, science educators are grateful. Extensive publicity was given to the last two total…

Super Blue Blood Moon Eclipse

By Jim Virkler | February 5, 2018

Published 2-5-2018 The total lunar eclipse on January 31 merited many superlatives from media reporters. After all, no total eclipse had coincided with a blue moon for 152 years and…

Intelligent Mind at Work

By Jim Virkler | January 31, 2018

Published 1-31-2018 During extended discussions concerning life origins with friends, exchanges have often revolved around evolution as a natural process. According to theory, evolution occurs as a mysterious undirected force…