Is my brain me?
Diane Lane is a neuroscientist. She’s spent her life studying the brain—its patterns, its failures, its power to define who we are. But when her mom has a stroke, something essential seems to slip away. The woman she knew is still there—but changed. It forces us to ask: If our brain can so deeply alter us, does it define who we are? We visit a neuroscience lab and hold real human brains in our hands. We meet a man who wants his mind back—and he’s willing to go to extreme lengths to get it. Finally, we wrestle with a haunting question at the edge of science and faith: Are we just the sum of our neurons… or are we something more?
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Want to know more about the science and faith behind each episode? Check out our free after-show Science With Faith by visiting www.wonderologyshow.com.
Resources:
Neurotheology: Making Sense of the Brain and Religious Experiences
Bill Newsome | Neuroscience, Faith & Free Will
Neuroscience, Mental Health and the Church
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No Dark Sky
Does living in a vast universe make humanity less significant?
Scott Acton spent more than 20 years helping build the most advanced telescope humanity has ever made. The goal? To see the first stars that ever turned on in our universe. If it works, we’ll be looking more than 13 billion years into the past. If it fails, that’s ten billion dollars down the drain. A lot goes wrong. But here’s the catch: the more we learn about how vast our universe is, the more we risk opening even bigger questions—questions about purpose, questions about whether humanity is significant in a universe this massive. And yet, what this telescope could reveal is something no human eyes have ever seen.
Have questions about evolution and Christian faith? Get our free mini-series Everything From Nothing exploring evolutionary creationism at www.wonderologyshow.com.
Want to know more about the science and faith behind each episode? Check out our free after-show Science With Faith by visiting www.wonderologyshow.com.
Resources:
The Webb Telescope and God’s Evolving Universe
Deb Haarsma | James Webb Space Telescope
What the Webb Telescope Images Didn’t Capture
All Things Created Through Christ, Galaxies Included!
Jennifer Wiseman | Light in Space
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Wonderology Trailer
Coming October 15th, a new show about science, faith, and the search for awe. Get the free mini-series about evolution and Christian faith by visiting wonderologyshow.com.
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Wonderology takes you on a journey of curiosity, exploring life’s deepest mysteries through creative storytelling about the space between science and faith.
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