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The God in our Pockets: Are We Guilty of Phone Worship?

January 15th, 2016

These days, almost everyone has a smart phone. Cell phones can do amazing things, much more than they could do even a few years ago. While phones were originally used for calling, texting, and perhaps to play a very basic game, smart phones can do almost anyth Continue Reading »

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Google's Artificial Intelligence Engine is "Dreaming"

July 29th, 2015

Google’s search engine sorts information from all over the internet and organizes it to help connect us with the information we want and need. The site’s programmers have recently given it a new, and arguably more intriguing way of using all of this data; Continue Reading »

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Pope Says Climate Change is Real, and it's Our Fault

June 29th, 2015

Francis Said What? Pope Francis recently released his encyclical, the open letter titled “Laudato Si” and subtitled “On Care For Our Common Home.” As expected, the 187 page document is a call for a major shift in cultural perspectives on environmental Continue Reading »

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Eyes In the Skies

June 2nd, 2015

Between Lima and the southern Peruvian city of Arequipa, there are massive drawings of plants and animals baked into the desert sand. They were carved by the Nazca people hundreds of years ago. They have been studied by archeologists, ethnologists, and anthrop Continue Reading »

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Summoning the Demon

November 20th, 2014

Elon Musk has been a thinker and innovator his whole life. He cofounded the online service of PayPal in his twenties. He built the luxury electric car company, Tesla Motors, where he now serves as CEO and chief product architect. He conceptualized a high-speed Continue Reading »

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If God Destroyed the Universe

September 17th, 2014

It sounds like something straight out of a science-fiction novel—a shockwave rips through space, obliterating all matter in its path and re-constituting it in new and bizarre ways. In fact, it is not a work of science-fiction, but the musings of famous physi Continue Reading »

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Quantum Physics and the Immortality of the Soul

January 9th, 2014

Will science ever prove the existence of life after death? Yes, and it can be done using the principles of quantum physics, says research scientist and medical doctor Robert Lanza of Wake Forest University School of Medicine in the U.S. state of North Carolina Continue Reading »

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Computer-Brains and Life after Death

October 7th, 2013

What would it be like to live as a computer? Can computers preserve the consciousness of the human mind after death? Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking recently suggested it will someday be possible to download human minds on to computers as a form of life aft Continue Reading »

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Texas Wrangles Over Evolution and Creationism

September 25th, 2013

For several years, the U.S. state of Texas has been embroiled in a struggle between teaching evolution and creationism in public schools. Now, with new standards adopted by the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE), it appears the state may be opening the door Continue Reading »

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Could Lab Rats Help Explain Near-Death Experiences in Humans?

August 21st, 2013

Do rodents hold the key to answering questions about what happens when we die? A group of researchers have concluded that increased activity in the brains of dying laboratory rats may explain the cause of near-death experiences (NDEs) in humans. While the find Continue Reading »

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