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In which I get a lesson in quantum mechanics from a rogue physicist trading in Kazakhstani warheads and high mathematics...

Millions worldwide watched in awe as the lunar module raced through space. People held their breaths at what was seen as the almost impossible mission. But many religious people felt disoriented...

In the middle of this lab session, as literally hundreds of undergraduate students like me were racing against the clock, I was summoned to the side by one of the dozens of supervisors...

Question: I recently attended a class in Kabbalah and Chassidic Thought. The rabbi was talking about the "four elements"--earth, water, air and fire--as they are found in the human soul. I recognize this idea from ancient Greek and medieval philosophy, ...

The physical realm as the "shadow" of the spiritual; the mitzvot as physical "symbols" that manipulate spiritual realities; matter as thye most compact form of energy; prayer as the language of the soul and the minyan as the "critical mass" that ...

Basically the problem has its roots in a misconception of the scientific method or, simply, of what science is

When a person enters a factory that functions without any human intervention, he is aware of a central mechanism that controls all the machines, keeping them synchronized. In fact, the very scarcity of the “human factor” testifies to the superlative ...