Videos

These resources may prove useful in organizing or facilitating discussions regarding Christian faith and science. Inclusion of any items in this resource list does not constitute endorsement by either the Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science, and Technology, or the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

Theology

Theologians and scientists discuss the meaning of the creation account in the book of Genesis and how to interpret the story while remaining true to the intent of the writer(s). Contributors include N.T. Wright, John Polkinghorne, Alister McGrath, John Walton, Peter Enns, and others.

Theologian Ted Peters gives a presentation on "The Future of Transhumanism as a New Religious Movement" at the 2014 Transhuman Visions conference on Religion and Transhumanism."

Lutheran Astronomer Grace Wolf-Chase presents her thoughts on God and the universe. Lots of stunning Hubble satellite photographs.

Theologian N.T. Wright performs the song "Genesis" which he co-wrote with scientist Francis Collins. Sung to the tune of the Beatle's Yesterday, it is entertaining, thoughtful, and great for getting a discussion started.

Oceanography

Coral reefs in the Caribbean are slowly dying. It's estimated that one-eighth of the reefs will be dead in the next 20 years! What is the purpose of these reefs, and can this damage be stopped?

This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007.

Most of Earth's water is stored in the ocean. This animation helps to convey the importance of Earth's oceanic processes as one component of Earth's interrelated systems.

Space Exploration

This NASA documentary celebrates 50 years of extravehicular activity (EVA) or spacewalks that began with the first two EVAs conducted by Russian Alexey Leonov in March 1965 and American astronaut Edward White in June 1965.

Using photo mosaics and elevation data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), this video commemorates the 45th anniversary of Apollo 8's historic flight by recreating the moment when the crew first saw and photographed the Earth rising from behind the Moon.

This movie from NASA's Curiosity rover shows most of the high-resolution frames acquired by the Mars Descent Imager between the jettison of the heat shield and touchdown.

From NASA JPL, this video shows a rover's eye view of driving, scooping and drilling during Curiosity's first year on Mars, August 2012 through July 2013.

Life Sciences

At the micro-scale the brain is a mess; a thick tangle of nerve cells connected at synapses, according to a video from the journal Nature. Mapping just a tiny portion of this mess, a few hundred cells, is a huge challenge.

When you get the flu, viruses turn your cells into tiny factories that help spread the disease. In this animation, NPR's Robert Krulwich and medical animator David Bolinsky explain how a flu virus can trick a single cell into making a million more viruses.

This video takes an audio-visual journey through the different approaches that are being investigated to harness the immune system to treat cancer.

Other

Scientists at the University of California Los Angeles reveal a 3D reconstructing of platinum nanoparticles at an atomic scale. These are being used to study tiny structural irregularities called dislocations.

This brief video is an introduction to real-time infrared imagery of weather patterns on earth provided by the GOES-R satellite.

This NASA animation as it shows a coronal mass ejection from the sun pelts Venus, and then zooms in for a close-up view of Earth's winds and ocean currents.

This video Includes a discussion by Jacques Arnould, a theologian and head of Ethics at CNES – the French space agency.