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Farewell To Pope Benedict XVI, Supporter Of Twitter, iPad Apps And...
Science Yes, he's been a flawed leader. But the departing pope was a champion of future technologies and the possibilities they offer humanity. _ Click to launch the photo gallery_ Pope Benedict XVI...
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The Sistine Chapel Is Getting A High-Tech Bug-Proofing With A Faraday Cage
Technology Plugging leaks as the Papal conclave confers Back in 2005, before it was announced that Joseph Ratzinger would be pope, a leak helped the German media break the story. The conclave, the...
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Yes, Your Mind Can Control Your Body Temperature
Science Tibetan nuns prove the physical effects of spiritual activity. You don't have to look far to find the (mostly) positive and surprisingly powerful effects of meditation. But one of the more...
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What Twins Reveal About The Science Of Faith
Science Studies of twins suggest that faith is influenced by genes. I am frequently asked by journalists to recall the most surprising finding of our twin studies. The study of religion and belief in...
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How The World's Religious Landscape Has Changed Since 1960 [Infographic]
Technology A detailed look at religion in every country, then and now Even if religious doctrine hasn't changed all that much in thousands of years, the number of people practicing religion, and the...
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How An Evangelical Christian Researcher Reconciles Science With Her Faith
Science Climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe writes about God, climate change, and the unknown. Editor's note: Our profile of Bill Nye [September 2014] elicited an impassioned response from readers. We...
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Humans Calculated Paths Of Planets 1,400 Years Earlier Than We Thought
Science On Ancient Babylonian tablets, a precursor of calculus It has been generally accepted in the heady world of mathematical history that the use of geometry to calculate and track celestial...
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The origin story of domesticated rabbits may be all wrong
Animals The path from wild rabbit to fluffy bunny is much more mysterious than we thought. Legend says rabbits were domesticated in 600 AD, when the Pope said fetal rabbits were fair game to eat...
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Exploring the complicated link between volcanoes and religion
Science Did an eruption turn Icelandic vikings into Christians? In his research article, Oppenheimer compared Eldgjá’s devastating eruption to accounts in the Icelandic poem Voluspá, written some 60...
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The way we take the pill has more to do with religion than science
Health Having a monthly "period" while on the pill is far from necessary The way women have been advised to take the combined contraceptive pill for the last 60 years unnecessarily increases the...
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