News tagged with theological implications
Vatican searches for extra-terrestrial life
Is there life on other planets? The Vatican has asked that age-old question over the past five days during a "study week" on astrobiology gathering leading scientists from around the world.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Teaching science to the religious? Focus on how theories develop
Vicious, winner-take-all competition in nature is an essential pillar of evolutionary theory, but it frequently describes the mindset people have about how, or whether, to teach the subject. Religious students sometimes come ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2012 |
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Humans 'predisposed' to believe in gods and the afterlife
A three-year international research project, directed by two academics at the University of Oxford, finds that humans have natural tendencies to believe in gods and an afterlife.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 16, 2011 |
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How to leave your body
Leave your body and shake hands with yourself, gain an extra limb or change into a robot for a while. Swedish neuroscientist Henrik Ehrsson has demonstrated that the brain's image of the body is negotiable. Applications stretch ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 20, 2011 |
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Cultural history colors thought about bioethics, evolution
Cultural views of evolution can have important ethical implications, says a Duke University expert on theological and biomedical ethics. Because the popular imagination filters science through cultural assumptions about race, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2010 |
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Stem cell research from an ethical point of view
Stem cell research and the potential use of human embryonic stem cells in clinical therapy is a controversial issue which splits both scientific and public opinion. The current conflict over embryonic stem cells throughout ...
Jun 25, 2008 |
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