Mammoth DNA in recovered cells frozen for thousands of years is likely too fragmented to clone an animal, according to Harvard geneticist George Church. So he's working instead to engineer one genetically from a close relative, ...
Biotechnology
Oct 17, 2014
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(AP)—Gay rights groups hailed a "seismic shift" by the Catholic Church toward gays on Monday after bishops said homosexuals had gifts to offer the church and that their partnerships, while morally problematic, provided ...
Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2014
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Erica Caple James conducted her dissertation research in trying circumstances: in Haiti, following the 1994 removal of the country's military leaders. It was a time of social conflict and discord, yet the sense of the anxiety ...
Social Sciences
May 1, 2014
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A Japanese information technology company has agreed to digitize 3,000 Vatican manuscripts in a deal to make some of the Catholic Church's most historic documents available online.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 20, 2014
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Viewing R-rated movies leads to decreased church attendance and lessens importance of faith among young people, according to a study by a Baylor University researcher published online in the Review of Religious Research.
Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2013
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New research from University of Copenhagen shows that Danes are not abandoning their communal Protestant religion in favor of individualized spirituality such as meditation and mindfulness; the support for Christian faith ...
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2013
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Religious leaders face a fresh challenge in engaging young Christians, after new research revealed many university students are affirming their faith in private but staying away from church on Sundays.
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2013
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In this month's edition of Physics World, Paula Findlen from Stanford University profiles Laura Bassi—an emblematic and influential physicist from the 18th century who can be regarded as the first ever woman to forge a ...
General Physics
Aug 29, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Nowhere has linguistic research involved more discord than in the Balkans. Serbian and Bulgarian linguists have both attempted to prove that Macedonian – one of the official languages of the Republics of Yugoslavia ...
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2013
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Young girls are just as likely as young boys to be sexually abused by a member of the clergy, a new QUT study has shown.
Social Sciences
May 3, 2013
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