Thursday, September 24, 2009

Home alone?

Is the universe teeming with life or are human beings home alone? There are solid scientific reasons that the latter may be the case. Two astronomers explain why in "Home Alone in the Universe." Science writer Fred Hereen used the same title later for his longer treatment.

A world without nuclear weapons - what would it look like?

 From Pope Leo this week, according to the National Catholic Reporter : " Pope Leo quotes Bob Dylan song in book foreword calling for n...