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November 18, 2022November 21, 2022

Francis Collins: God and the Human Genome Project

Science, Theology
For the man who went to a chapel and consulted with God before accepting the role, the Human Genome Project was more than a scientific endeavour. For Francis Collins, the ... Read more
August 3, 2022November 17, 2022

James Jeans and religion: A universe in the mind of God

Science, Theology
“I obtain incredible peace and joy from my prayer. Compared to others, I receive a thousand times more fulfilment from my prayer” James Jeans, quoted in M.W. KhanOne May evening ... Read more
July 7, 2022November 17, 2022

Lemaitre: The Priest and the Big Bang

Science, Theology
“Science is beautiful. It deserves to be loved for itself, as it is a reflection of God’s creative thought.” – Lemaitre’s address on returning to Louvain University after receiving the ... Read more
May 17, 2022November 17, 2022

Eddington and Religion: Eye of the Soul

Science, Theology
On May the 29th 1919 groups of locals gathered on the island of Principe in the Bight of Benin off the West African coast glancing towards the darkening sky, as ... Read more
April 4, 2021February 8, 2022

Bitcoin private key encrypted with quantum generated random number

Cryptocurrency, Science
If you just want the code without the explanation, go down towards the bottom of the page.QRNG Wallet is a bitcoin wallet private key generator that derives a key from ... Read more
December 20, 2020July 21, 2022

Donald Knuth: Explorations in religion from the “Yoda of silicon valley”

Science, Theology
Donald Knuth gained numerous epithets, among them “the world’s greatest computer scientist”, the “father of algorithm analysis”, and “the yoda of silicon valley.” His major work, the multi-volume Art of ... Read more
June 21, 2020June 21, 2020

“But he will baptise with the Spirit and Fire”: How I became a Christian overnight

Theology
There are many examples of sudden conversions to Christianity in spiritual writings. Those of Saint Paul and CS Lewis being well known ancient and modern examples respectively, but if you ... Read more
April 17, 2020November 24, 2022

Schrodinger’s God

Science, Theology
Erwin Schrodinger was Nobel prize winning Austrian physicist who also made significant contributions to theoretical biology. His most famous work in physics was the formulation of the Schrodinger wave equation ... Read more
April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

The bitcoin block reward halving: Why it is central to bitcoin’s boom and bust cycles

Cryptocurrency, Finance
The bitcoin “halving” is the reduction of the “miners reward” which happens every four years. Bitcoin miners solve cryptographic problems in order to receive coins. When their reward halves, this ... Read more
April 14, 2020April 17, 2020

Jean Piaget’s spirituality

Science, Theology
Until I have time to write up an article on this, the great psychologist Jean Piaget’s fascinating relationship with spirituality and religion can be found in this journal article that ... Read more
September 22, 2019April 17, 2020

A short history of the universe

Science
The variety of the universe is awesome as well as its size. In this short post we will take a tour of the universe from its inception in the weirdness ... Read more
September 5, 2019February 23, 2020

Brief history of trance music

Music
According to the ticket vendor Skiddle, ticket sales for trance events are at an all-time high. The diversification into subgenres which occurred across the 90s has arguably reversed and trance ... Read more
September 4, 2019April 17, 2020

The medieval cosmos

Theology
We have taken a look at the origins of the universe, and of life on earth, according to contemporary science, elsewhere on the site. The medievals had their own take ... Read more
August 19, 2019April 17, 2020

History and politics of raves and free festivals

Music
Many people bemoan the death of genuine free parties, but the legal raves and electronic dance music festivals of the twenty first century are not only bigger and better attended ... Read more
August 10, 2019July 21, 2022

Gatecrasher: The rise, fall and return of the iconic home of house and trance

Music
August 2016 saw the long awaited return of the Gatecrasher clubbing culture in Sheffield. The iconic brand name and accompanying strutting lion logo is inseparable from the rise of UK ... Read more
August 8, 2019November 20, 2022

Werner Heisenberg: science, mysticism, Christianity

Science, Theology
God created the world. God used mathematics to do so. Mathematics can be understood by us because we are made in God’s image. Physics is the service of God because ... Read more
July 23, 2019January 15, 2023

Charles Darwin's religious views

Science, Theology
Darwin is usually, and quite wrongly, hailed as one of the great champions of atheism. His work, countless people around the world will confidently affirm, disproved Biblical accounts of creation, ... Read more
July 21, 2019August 24, 2019

Whole food vs supplements: A quick look at green tea

Psychology/health
Originally published on tph.news in 2016Many people have formed the opinion that eating foods whole, in their natural form, is better than taking them in capsule form as a food ... Read more
July 20, 2019February 19, 2020

World of dreams

Psychology/health
You will probably recognise a number of these unusual, wonderful, or disturbing types of dream from your own experience. The categories given here emerge from scientific studies of dream analysis, ... Read more
July 20, 2019April 17, 2020

Good in the eyes of God: The philosophy of Immanuel Kant

Theology
According to some accounts Kant was an incredibly pure and disciplined individual, driven only by his quest for philosophical, scientific, and spiritual truth. He was so methodical, they say, that ... Read more
July 20, 2019November 20, 2022

The science and Christianity of James Clerk Maxwell

Science, Theology
Maxwell is usually regarded as the third most influential physicist in history, behind Newton and Einstein. Einstein wrote that Maxwell’s work was “the most profound and fruitful that physics has ... Read more
July 19, 2019November 24, 2022

Albert Einstein on God and religion

Science, Theology
Einstein was one of the most famous physicists of the twentieth century. He developed a personal theology that was lengthy and complex, and drew considerable attention and controversy in both ... Read more
July 19, 2019November 24, 2022

Inventing the conflict between science and religion

Science, Theology
We have seen that neither Darwin himself nor the vast majority of Christian clergy at the time saw any conflict between science and religion, and that the preeminent nineteenth century ... Read more
July 18, 2019April 17, 2020

Quantum mechanics and quantum computing: Some philosophy and light mathematics

Science
The only way to really understand quantum mechanics (and quantum computing,  for which this knowledge is essential) is through mathematics, and this post is a very light introduction to the ... Read more
July 18, 2019November 20, 2019

Health benefits of coffee

Psychology/health
Coffee is one of the single healthiest things you can drink. Several studies have shown that most people who live in the West get more antioxidants from coffee than from ... Read more
July 17, 2019November 24, 2022

Isaac Newton’s Religion: Christianity and the occult

Science, Theology
Newton was a Christian, an alchemist, and only then a scientist. This order reflects the time, and the intensity, with which he pursued his projects.Newton was an alchemist obsessed with ... Read more
July 12, 2019July 21, 2022

Sleep mentation: The illusion of not sleeping!

Psychology/health
Sleep studies have shown that individuals who claim not to have slept have actually slept, often for up to four hours of the night. But their perception is that they ... Read more
July 12, 2019February 19, 2020

What is the purpose of life? The hierarchy of needs is psychology’s answer

Psychology/health
The psychologist Abraham Maslow developed a hierarchy of human needs which each person must address, and address in order, in order for life it to be satisfactory. Maslow is one ... Read more
July 11, 2019November 20, 2019

Meditation and spiritual development

Psychology/health
Meditation is growing in popularity in Western medical settings. Twenty minutes of meditation per day leads to mental and physical health benefits which are at least on a par with ... Read more
July 8, 2019September 4, 2019

Brain changes from daily meditation

Psychology/health
Meditation is indelibly associated with spirituality, and for good reason. But the focus doesn’t have to be spiritual and a secular focus can actually be the best way to start. ... Read more
July 7, 2019September 5, 2019

Walking raises creativity

Psychology/health
It is well known that exercise is good for you. But plenty of people do not take exercise. One of the reasons for this is that exercise takes time out ... Read more
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