Rare Coin, Rejected by 'Expert,' Sold for $3.1 Million

George Owen Walton was born on May 15, 1907, in Rocky Mount, Virginia. As an estate appraiser, he had first dibs on rare coins, guns, jewelry, stamps, ...

Letters from Prison to the Past

Photographer Trent Bell shared a fascinating and haunting photo project recently. Titled "Reflect," the series of images overlays images of ...

Is Our "Info-glut Culture" Becoming Wiser?

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800. In 1815 the Library ...

ER Docs Learn from a Formula One Team

What could a team of medical doctors possibly learn about practicing medicine from a Formula One racing team? If the doctors remain teachable, maybe they ...

Half-Truths We Accept as Facts

An article on NPR's (National Public Radio's) website lists 12 common half-truths that many of us have accepted as facts. For instance, various ...

How the Church Should Address Homosexuality

How should the church speak to our culture about homosexuality? Since there are many different subgroups in the world, it all depends on which group we're ...

Bees Give an Example of How to Approach Popular Culture

The 4th century church leader Basil offered a unique image for how Christians today can approach popular culture. Basil was referring to "secular ...

Building Homes with Too Much Sand Leads to Tragedy

While doing relief work in Haiti following the devastating earthquake there on January 12, 2010, Palmer Chichen observed firsthand the tragedy of building ...

Science Writer Explains the Limits of Science

In his book God's Undertaker, science writer John C. Lennox explains the scope and limits of science with the following story:

Let us imagine that ...

Salesman Tries to Help Inventor Understand His Own Invention

In 1969, in a science lab in New Jersey, Canadian physicist Willard Boyle and his colleagues invented the concept of an electronic eye. Using their knowledge ...