Content by 2017-2019 Sinai and Synapses Fellows
What Does “Eternal” Mean?
God’s view of time could be stranger and more complex than either Newton or Augustine thought.
Face Fear by Embracing Awe
If we think that awe stems from a vastness, then we start to see ourselves less as the center, but as a spoke from it.
Change is Hard
During the High Holidays, we are asked to be intentional about who we are, how we’ve been, and who we want to be.
Love Is Biological Bribery
Evolution uses all its tricks to make sure we procreate. But love in humans is a many-splendored thing.
Interactions Between Religion and Science Education: Perspectives of the Sinai and Synapses Fellows
Under the editorship of a group of current and former Sinai and Synapses Fellows, an issue of the Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education shares how their research has brought to each of them the significance of religion in science education.
Reports of a Baleful Internet Are Greatly Exaggerated
Our digital technologies can in fact be cognitive aids.
The Stuff That Makes Us
Love is an orientation towards others, knowing that when two people give 100% of themselves to each other, there is more than enough for everyone.
Celebrating Women Scientists
“Beyond Curie” now features 45 portraits, each accompanied by the artist’s own view of the social and scientific significance of her subject’s work.
Quantum Physics and Faith, Who Knew?
The rules that I believe God wrote to govern the universe are all about probabilities, which means that in theory, or perhaps, better, hypothetically, nothing is impossible, that everything has at least a scintilla of possibility.
The Dangerous Evolution of the Coronavirus
These scientists have a new model for identifying variants before they kill.
The Animal at Unease With Itself
How are Genesis 2 and 3 are crafted to deal with the stress of human awareness of its own creatureliness and mortality?
Being a Rabbi to Non-Jews: A Conversation with Rabbi Rachael Jackson
Rabbi Rachael Jackson is uniquely well-situated to bring Jewish wisdom to science, and to break down some of the complex debates in science for the general population.