Video: How to speak chimpanzee — The closest human relatives
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Biology of Our Human Family: Who are We Related To? Charles Darwin: An Epiphany for the Muslims, A Catastrophe […]
Biology of Our Human Family: Who are We Related To?
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Winter-2016 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori […]
Conservation: Bridge of hope for world’s rarest primate
Source: BBC By Helen Briggs; BBC Environment correspondent Swinging through the treetops comes naturally for gibbons. But that’s tricky if a landslide has torn a huge gap in the forest, […]
How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
Most Americans Think Science, Religion Conflict
Source: Voice of America By Dora Mekouar A majority of Americans, 59 percent, believe science often conflicts with religion, while 38 percent say the two areas are mostly compatible The […]
Ted Talk About Empathy, Fairness and Morality in Animals
What happens when two monkeys are paid unequally? Fairness, reciprocity, empathy, cooperation — caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares […]
Whatever is in the Heavens or the Earth Glorifies Allah
Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Allah the Creator, the Maker and the Fashioner: The Best Documentary on Birds The anesthesia of familiarity: There […]
Ted Talk: Beyond the “creation vs. evolution” debate
Ted Talk: Beyond the “creation vs. evolution” debate | Denis Lamoureux | Evolution & Creationism: Reframing the Controversy | Rafael Rivero | Decoding the missing link: Evidence for Evolution from […]
Poll: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism as Regards Evolution
Source: Pew Research Center This survey also provides a window into the kinds of things that Christians see as a conflict between science and religion. In an open-ended question included […]
Pope John Paul II and Me: ‘Truth Cannot Contradict Truth?’
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This article is a summary of the address of Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical […]
Dr. Francis Collins: ‘There Is An Uneasiness’ About Evolution
Source: Huffington Post Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, sat down with HuffPost Live at Davos on Saturday and discussed the intersection of faith and science. […]
Surah Al Baqara (The Cow): Section 4: Adam and Eve
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times 2:30. Call to mind, when your Lord announced to the angels: I am about to place a vicegerent in […]
Half a Million Year Old Tools Excavated in UK
Europe’s earliest bone tools found in Britain Source: BBC By Paul Rincon; Science editor, BBC News website Archaeologists say they’ve identified the earliest known bone tools in the European archaeological […]
Exposing Creationism of Zakir Naik, Tahir ul Qadari, Yusuf Estes and Harun Yahya
Additional Reading: Challenging Ben Carson to a Written Debate About Facts of Evolution from Molecular Biology Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I […]
Biology of Our Human Family: Who are We Related To?
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Winter-2016 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori […]
Meeting the Quranic Adam with Charles Darwin
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Acting on a tip from explorer of caves four years ago, scientists in South Africa discovered what […]
Mexican Cave Find Hints That People Lived in North America 30,000 Years Ago
Source: WSJ In a lofty cavern, archaeologists discover spear points, other implements that indicate people were living in North America earlier than previously believed Archaeologists in Mexico found stone tools […]
50,000-year-old string found at France Neanderthal site
Source: BBC A piece of 50,000-year-old string – the oldest yet discovered – found in a cave in France has cast further doubt on the idea that Neanderthals were cognitively […]
Corona — our debt to Darwin
Our favorite posts: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic and A Moonshot Moment for the Muslims: Making Covid 19 Vaccine before the West and China Source: Dawn By Pervez Hoodboy […]
Video: How Not to Awaken a Lioness?
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs