Tag: Religion
Black college students who turn to their faith think less about suicide
Janelle R. Goodwill, University of Chicago
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
What’s behind the enduring popularity of crystals?
Joseph P. Laycock, Texas State University
As New York City mayor Eric Adams attends ribbon cuttings, marches in parades...
What the Voyager space probes can teach humanity about immortality and...
James Edward Huchingson, Florida International University
Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter,...
Why are people calling Bitcoin a religion?
Joseph P. Laycock, Texas State University
Read enough about Bitcoin, and you’ll inevitably come across people who refer to...
What the world can learn from the Buddhist concept loving-kindness
Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College
As the world deals with the trauma caused by COVID-19, World Kindness Day, observed on...
The Catholic Church sex abuse crisis: 4 essential reads
Molly Jackson, The Conversation
Revelations about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church have been emerging for decades. But in...
What Harvard’s humanist chaplain shows about atheism in America
Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota and Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University
At the end of August 2021, Harvard University’s organization...
How religious fervor and anti-regulation zealotry laid the groundwork for America’s...
Conor Heffernan, University of Texas at Austin
Spend any time watching television or scrolling through social media, and you’ll...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
