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Extreme weather in Texas for about a week in February saw snow in places where the existence of the white stuff had hitherto been only […]

Autonomous weapon systems have been around for a while now. However, what is meant by autonomous is open to interpretation. The typical meaning of an […]

Shortly after John Webster passed away unexpectedly on May 25, 2016, a friend and I found ourselves reminiscing about our late mentor. “The thing I […]

“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages […]

Todd T.W. Daly was interviewed by Brent Waters concerning his recently published book Chasing Methuselah. Read along and be sure to check out some excerpt […]

A mainline church here in Scotland recently asked me to speak about disability with their ministry selection committee. As the conversation progressed, it became obvious […]

One of the more controversial questions raised with the COVID vaccines has to do with the cell lines from which they are developed.  That is, […]

Understandings of illness and death in the practice of medicine changed dramatically after the Enlightenment. In the Middle Ages, both had their locus in the […]