How Islam Won, and Lost, the Lead in Science
By Dennis Overbye Oct. 30, 2001 Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was still a young man when the Assassins made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. His hometown had been devastated by Mongol […]
Reaching for the Stars: An Interview with Astronomer Munazza Alam
Munazza Alam 2nd September 2020 ©Pixabay In today’s day and age, Muslim women are often portrayed as being suppressed, uneducated and limited or discouraged from pursuing their dreams, yet, nothing […]
Avi Loeb on the Mysterious Interstellar Body ‘Oumuamua> ‘Thinking About Distant Civilizations Isn’t Speculative’
Astronomer Avi Loeb believes that the interstellar object dubbed ‘Oumuamua could actually be a probe sent by alien beings. Given the evidence that has so far been gathered, he says, […]