Science is playing a steadily larger and more personal role in helping us tell the difference between what is and what ain’t. In that capacity it has undermined what many of us once expected religion to provide, inspiring an increasingly angry and violent reaction from those who feel their very […]
In modern society, an individual is almost forced to side between science and religion. However, some people, including the Vatican Astronomer, feel that religion and science are not only capable of coexistence, but they also are mutually supportive. They believe that fundamentalism on both sides of the debate is perpetuating […]
ADAM WITHNALL Author Biography Tuesday 07 October 2014 There is scientific evidence to suggest that life can continue after death, according to the largest ever medical study carried out on the subject. One man who was clinically dead – then brought back to life – accurately described what had been […]
Mic.com: by Rachel Grate — It’s no secret that reading is good for you. Just six minutes of reading is enough to reduce stress by 68%, and numerous studies have shown that reading keeps your brain functioning effectively as you age. One study even found that elderly individuals who read regularly are 2.5 times less likely to […]
How much coffee do you drink every day? One cup in the morning? Or do you gulp it all day? Scientists have long known that your DNA influences how much […]
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Isamu Akasaki, of Meijo University in Nagoya and Nagoya University, Japan; Hiroshi Amano, of Nagoya University, Japan; and Shuji Nakamura of the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA “for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled […]
BBC.com: by James Gallagher — Edvard Moser, John O’Keefe and May-Britt Moser share the Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to three scientists who discovered the brain’s “GPS system”. UK-based researcher Prof John O’Keefe as well as May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser share the […]
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN October 7, 2014 (CNN) — Two scientists in Japan and one at the University of California at Santa Barbara were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in physics for […]
Source: BBC Health A woman in Sweden has given birth to a baby boy using a transplanted womb, in a medical first, doctors report. The 36-year-old mother, who was born without a uterus, received a donated womb from a friend in her 60s. The British medical journal The Lancet says […]
Being unable to smell bacon frying may be far more dire than simply missing out on one of life’s pleasures. In older adults, it could be a predictor of increased […]
Individuals with a relatively large number of genetic factors linked to type 2 diabetes risk showed a smaller protective effect of exercise, a large cohort study indicated. The finding emerged […]
Source: Yahoo News Higgs Boson to the World Wide Web The world’s biggest atom smasher, where monumental discoveries such as the detection of the once-elusive Higgs boson particle and the […]
How a loss of faith can manifest itself in the mind and body ………………. Americans are less religious than ever. A third of American adults under 30, and a fifth […]
The Amazon is being fertilised by the remains of ancient fish from Africa. The nutrient-rich material is being carried in millions of tonnes of dust blown across the Atlantic from the Sahara every year. Scientists have long recognised the importance of this airborne train to the rainforest’s health. But now […]
The Telegraph: Darwin was baffled by it; Christians see it as evidence of the divine. Will science ever unlock the secrets of the human eye? When the body of Dr […]
Source: Health Herald Tribune Contrary to what many of us learned in school, “genes are not fixed predetermined blueprints passed from generation to generation,” Dr. Raby writes, based on the […]
Two of the world’s leading scientists have made an unprecedented call on religious leaders to spark a “massive mobilisation of public opinion”, insisting that only through God can we save the environment. Writing in the journal Science, Cambridge University’s Partha Dasgupta and Veerabhadran Ramanathan, of the University of California, have […]
The Washington Post: The idea that during sleep our minds shut down from the outside world is ancient and one that is still deeply anchored in our view of sleep […]