Peter Harrison

Nov 29, 2024 | nature.com | Raquel Peixoto |Christian R. Voolstra |Iliana B. Baums |Emma F. Camp |Peter Harrison |F. Joseph Pollock | +4 more

Recent discussions have raised concerns about the long-term effectiveness of coral reef restoration efforts, questioning whether current interventions can effectively address the ongoing loss of reef ecosystems. However, details matter and vary greatly with respect to scale, social context and benefits, and diverse approaches are needed to maintain functional coral reef ecosystems.

Feb 18, 2024 | thepublicdiscourse.com | Peter Harrison

How do you solve a problem like Maria?  Sister María was born in 1602 to an unremarkable family in the small village of Ágreda, located in the northeastern Spanish province of Soria. She was destined to spend her entire life there, most of it cloistered in the local Franciscan convent. Confirmed at the age of four on account of her precocious piety, from her early years onward she devoted herself to a life of prayer and self-mortification.

Jan 11, 2024 | arabnews.jp | Peter Harrison

DUBAI: A vessel traveling in the Gulf of Oman has been boarded by unauthorized personel, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported on Thursday morning. The incident was reported 50 nautical miles east of Oman’s Sohar. “UKMTO has received a report of vessel being boarded by unauthorized persons at approximately 0330UTC.” The report read. “CSO reports hearing unknown voices over the phone along with the Masters voice. Unable to make further contact with vessels at this time.

Jan 5, 2024 | qoshe.com | Lorraine Daston |Peter Harrison

Would boycotting Russian scientists be an effective protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Where do terms like ‘altruism’ come from, and what assumptions come with them? How long should research groups be allowed to embargo their data, and why? Why is the normal curve assumed to be normal for so many disparate phenomena, from the distribution of heights to the distribution of observational errors? Who should count as an author of a scientific publication?

Nov 10, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Peter Harrison

I was delighted to see Paul Tyson's A Christian Theology of Science appear in print. By way of full disclosure, I was in the fortunate position of watching the book take shape in real time and to have had (at times, lively) discussions with its author about its central claims. Like any stimulating new work that seeks to lay out a new agenda, the book not only articulates a bold thesis, but at the same time raises a host of new questions.