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Climate Change: Are Cows the Solution?
October 2, 2010 – 1:08 am | 4 Comments
Climate Change: Are Cows the Solution?

What takes place in the digestive system and under the hooves of ruminants might be the crucible of climate change. In other words, a climate-friendly future might look less like a geo-engineered landscape with faux parasols than like, well, “Home On the Range.”

Do “Laws” of Physics Only Apply Locally?
September 28, 2010 – 12:06 am | 45 Comments
Do “Laws” of Physics Only Apply Locally?

A team of astrophysicists based in Australia and England has uncovered evidence that the laws of physics are different in different parts of the universe.

Krishna Learning Resource for Children
September 27, 2010 – 12:07 am | One Comment
Krishna Learning Resource for Children

Anyone who is both a devotee of Krishna and works with children has probably wanted to have high quality materials to teach their children about Krishna, and moral values, while giving them academic skills. Finally there is a program that achieves these goals.

The Burning Question
September 10, 2010 – 1:09 am | 6 Comments
The Burning Question

As September 11 approaches, the world watches as Terry Jones wavers in his plan to burn the Quran in protest of the Ground Zero mosque.

Past Life Popularity
September 5, 2010 – 12:54 am | No Comment
Past Life Popularity

In that earlier incarnation, “I was going along, going along, going along, and I got eaten,” said Dr. DeBell, referring to his previous life as a caveman.

More Ordination Issues
August 31, 2010 – 11:44 am | 5 Comments
More Ordination Issues

Barring women from being Catholic priests is not the result of sexism 2,000 years ago, it’s because women cannot fulfill a basic function of the priesthood, “standing in the place of Jesus,” a leading British Catholic thinker argued Monday.

Empathy Sets Vegetarians Apart
July 26, 2010 – 11:29 pm | 2 Comments
Empathy Sets Vegetarians Apart

Assuming that vegetarians and vegans—because of their underlying moral philosophies—show greater empathy towards animal suffering, it is very well possible that this enhanced empathy extends to other humans also.

Catholicism’s Ordination Disorder
July 21, 2010 – 12:37 am | 4 Comments
Catholicism’s Ordination Disorder

Either these gentlemen are more ethically tone deaf than one can imagine, or they are sly beyond the dreams of foxes in an effort to redirect attention from the criminal behavior of clergy against children to their wrath over the ordination of women. Neither option is terribly appealing.

Vrindavan’s Suburbanization
July 11, 2010 – 11:54 pm | 3 Comments
Vrindavan’s Suburbanization

Who will protect Vrindavan from the onslaught business schemes, pollution, and general environmental apathy?

The Coming Roundup Revolution
June 16, 2010 – 11:33 pm | 57 Comments
The Coming Roundup Revolution

Monsanto’s herbicide that revolutionized weed control in the 1990s is facing its own worst enemy: the weeds are revolting against it.

God, Science, and Philanthropy
June 10, 2010 – 10:42 pm | No Comment
God, Science, and Philanthropy

Some adore the Templeton Foundation for funding research that no one else will, while some despise it for the very same reason, claiming that the effort to combine science and spirituality merely sullies the former.