Guardian: In an opinion piece, the molecular biologist and evolutionary geneticist Francisco Ayala argues that science and religion are not incompatible. The core of his argument is the contention that
Both—scientists denying religion and believers rejecting science—are wrong. Science and religious beliefs need not be in contradiction. If they are properly understood, they cannot be in contradiction because science and religion concern different matters.
Ayala is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the winner of this year’s Templeton Prize.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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