Browsing: Lens_ideas

The Spring 2014 Quarterly has awakened.

Sylvia Earle addresses the state of our seas.

“Astronomy is almost nothing but the story of light.”

Cornelia Kopp via Flickr After five years of practicing meditation, subject number 99003 began to see the lights. “My eyes were closed,” he reported, “[and] there would be what appeared to be a moon-shaped object in my consciousness directly above me, about the same size as the moon if you lay down on the ground […]

How ancient astronomy sowed the seeds for science and math.

Shining a light on the spark that separates man from beast.

The meaning of light through history in science, religion, philosophy, and culture.

Since the universe formed, photons have affected everything.

In unseen worlds, science invariably crosses paths with fantasy.

Technology has fed our addiction to light, and might help us end it.