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This study group will read a series of essays by science writer, Jim Holt, in which he explores the human mind, the cosmos, and the thinkers who have ...  View More

Health is a balance between nature and nurture. Foods nurture, through the 41 essential nutrients and thousands of chemicals which they contain. These ...  View More

In his seminal new book, The Disordered Mind (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2018), Eric Kandel, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, draws ...  View More

How the human brain works: amazing new imaging technology allows scientists to answer more questions than ever before. How do we continue to learn thr ...  View More

Did God create us--or did we create our concepts of God? Why do we believe what we believe? Is God a divine revelation--or an invention of the human m ...  View More

Revolutionary new concepts about elementary particles, space and time, and the structure of matter began to emerge in the mid-1970s. Physicists develo ...  View More

The goal of this study group is to provide a forum to discuss breaking news science topics. New scientific discoveries illuminate our past, increase o ...  View More