Jessica Xiao
Posts by Jessica Xiao (page 7)
Interfaith Dialogue Is NOT as Pointless as We Like to Think
With one sweeping generality, it’s easy (albeit unconstructive) to dismiss or invalidate an entire community’s ideas. And try as we might to take our... Read More
Finding E.T.: Yuri Milner Invests $100 Million to Search for Aliens
Last Monday, on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Russian tech capitalist Yuri Milner—who was joined by SETI Institute founder Frank Drake,... Read More
This S*** is Bananas…or Not
Bananas, the fruit Ray Comfort once described as the “atheists’ nightmare” (because they’re made by God to fit perfectly into the human hand), seem... Read More
Hearts in the Kuiper Belt: NASA Concludes Ten-Year Journey to Pluto
On January 19, 2006, the New Horizons probe set sail from Earth at the record-breaking launch speed of 36,000 miles per hour. Its destination... Read More
Think There’s Nothing Humane about Drones? Think Again.
Last week, Women on Waves, a Dutch nonprofit that floats in international waters and provides abortion services to women in countries where legal constraints... Read More
Meanwhile, at Google…
While government continues to hash out the same, tired issues grounded in individual versus collective rights, equality and what that entitles, and how to... Read More
Blue Laws: From Religious Beginnings to Secular Ends?
I remember the difference between going to Costco with my parents on Sundays in Bergen County, New Jersey, versus on any other day of... Read More