This study argues that a belief in punitive gods (gods who would punish people for their choices) made people more willing to share their resources, thus uniting distant populations into a cohesive group. As religion…
Keywords: יוֹם ; age of the universe; biblical hermeneutics; connotations of yom; Creation account; Darwinian evolution; days of Creation; denotation of yom; the Enlightenment; figurative meaning; Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:1–2:4; linguistic context of Genesis 1;…
CMB vs. CNB In 1965, two astronomers announced the discovery of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The CMB is a radiation field in the microwave part of the spectrum permeating the universe. Seventeen years earlier,…
Well, the dingo is its own species, Canis dingo, so it’s not a dog in the sense of what we typically think of as dogs (our domesticated breeds). But it is a dog in the…
Tyrannasaurus rex. Just hearing the Latin name evokes power and majesty. First described in 1905, this “tyrant lizard king” still holds the crown as the largest and most fearsome terrestrial predator ever discovered in North…