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When It Comes to Accepting Evolution, Gut Feelings Trump Facts
January 19, 2012 — For students to accept the theory of evolution, an intuitive "gut feeling" may be just as important as understanding the facts, according to a new study. In an analysis of the beliefs of biology ... > full story -
Where You Vote May Influence How You Vote
January 19, 2012 — Passersby who stopped to answer surveys taken next to churches in the Netherlands and England reported themselves as more politically conservative and more negative toward non-Christians than did ... > full story -
Majority Groups Support Assimilation, Except When They're Not Majorities
January 6, 2012 — We generally think that views about how to integrate a diverse society depend on people's positions in that society -- that is, whether they're in the racial, religious, or cultural majority or a ... > full story -
The Mall as a Sanctuary: Study Finds Holiday Shopping Outlets Aren't Just Shrines to Spending
December 21, 2011 — An international study of holiday shopping and religion finds that dominant religious groups are more likely to experience "consumption mass hysteria" while shoppers in minority religions may view ... > full story -
Commercial or Communal: Why Is Outsourcing Taboo for Churches and Pharmaceutical Companies?
December 13, 2011 — Consumers hold churches and pharmaceutical companies to different moral standards than other organizations, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer ... > full story -
Study Debunks Myths About Gender and Math Performance
December 12, 2011 — A major study of recent international data on school mathematics performance casts doubt on some common assumptions about gender and math achievement -- in particular, the idea that girls and women ... > full story -
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Humility Key to Effective Leadership
December 8, 2011 — Humble leaders are more effective and better liked, according to a new ... > full story -
Some Atheist Scientists With Children Embrace Religious Traditions, According to New Research
December 1, 2011 — Some atheist scientists with children embrace religious traditions for social and personal reasons, according to new ... > full story -
11/11/11: Maya Scholar Debunks Doomsday Myths
November 3, 2011 — This fall, Hoopes and his students have watched two predicted cataclysmic dates -- Oct. 21 and 28 -- come and go with little fanfare. Oct. 21 was a date selected by California evangelist Harold ... > full story -
Belief in God Cuts Two Ways, Study Finds
October 27, 2011 — Being reminded of the concept of God can decrease people's motivation to pursue personal goals but can help them resist temptation, according to new ... > full story
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