One of the earliest known human sites speaks to the power of ritual. Today, let me show you how our ancestors related to ritual, how they used it, what it did for our entire species, and why ritual practices certainly change a lot over time, but they still matter today. Read more
One of the world’s deadliest diseases, tuberculosis, is making a ferocious comeback in Kansas. But somehow, we only just learned about this situation. Kansas’ leaders seem dedicated to avoiding all mention of the outbreak. Today, let’s explore why tuberculosis is returning with such a vengeance—and why the masters of the Read more
I often mis-say specific words. I know the word I want and I’m thinking of the right thing at the time, but the wrong word consistently pops out. It turns out there’s a term for this situation: semantic paraphasia. Today, Lord Snow Presides over our brains — and the stuff we literally can’t help sometimes.
Today, Lord Snow Presides over new discoveries about dreams: their function, their necessity, and the distinctive AI weakness that got us thinking about it all.
Hi and welcome back! Lately, biologists have discovered some interesting adaptations in snail life that show us that life — in the cosmic, general sense — often really does find a way. Today, Lord Snow Presides over yet another slap in the face to Creationists. Snails in General. Snails belong to Read more
And something has had me smiling all day today: the shake in the voice of the NASA announcer who narrated the landing. That shake speaks to the human condition like almost nothing else could, and in the doing it destroys so many claims made by Christians. Today, Lord Snow Presides over the glories of reality, and how that is more than enough for growing numbers of us.
Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I noted that I struggled mightily with my belief in some sort of afterlife. Today, I want to show you what happened as I slowly began coming to grips with mortality. Plunging Into Science. During that time, 2013-2015, I was devouring a lot of science Read more