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Old Skeptical Inquirer article deftly debunks scientific reincarnation "proof"

Wednesday, 25 June 2008 8:17 A GMT-06
Quoting from Empirical evidence for reincarnation? examining Stevenson's 'most impressive' case - author Ian Stevenson | Skeptical Inquirer | Find Articles at BNET:Ian Stevenson's conduct of the Imad Elawar investigation, considered among the strong

Article with shamanic lessons from a business school

Friday, 20 June 2008 12:27 P GMT-06
Here is an article about how not to write a B-school admissions essay with lessons for how to share helpfully in shamanic circles and many other situations:Admissions officers at top business schools like to say they've seen it all when it comes to

Shapeshifting lessons from GINA car from BMW

Monday, 16 June 2008 8:04 A GMT-06
Video:  GINA is a visionary concept model car...all about... "questions...purposes...skin...geometry...infinity...light...emotion...alternatives...being flexible...context over dogma"...sort of like shamanic costuming for a car...the vehicle of

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Bullying And Being Bullied Linked To Suicide In Children, Review Of Studies Suggests

Saturday, 19 July 2008 11:58 P GMT-06
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found signs of an apparent connection between bullying, being bullied and suicide in children, according to a new review of studies from 13 countries publis

Dust Storms In Sahara Desert Sustain Life In Atlantic Ocean

Saturday, 19 July 2008 11:58 P GMT-06
Saharan dust storms help sustain life over extensive regions of the North Atlantic Ocean. Scientists mapped the distribution of nutrients including phosphorous and nitrogen and investigated how organi

Alzheimer's Early Detection: Biomarkers Identify Early Onset Of Disease, Before Symptoms Appear

Saturday, 19 July 2008 11:58 P GMT-06
Researchers have confirmed that in the earliest stages of Alzheimer's, levels of specific proteins in the blood and spinal fluid can be used to track the progression of AD, long before symptoms appear

Caesarean Section: No Consensus On Best Technique

Saturday, 19 July 2008 11:58 P GMT-06
Despite the routine delivery of babies by caesarean section, there is no consensus among medical practitioners on which is the best operating method to use. In a systematic review published in the Coc

Tips On How To Build A Better Home For Biological Parts

Saturday, 19 July 2008 11:58 P GMT-06
Researchers have compiled a series of guidelines that should help researchers in their efforts to design, develop and manage next-generation databases of biological parts.

Cancer Researchers Call For Ethnicity To Be Taken Into Account

Saturday, 19 July 2008 11:58 P GMT-06
Breast cancer research needs to investigate how a person's ethnicity influences their response to treatment and its outcome, according to a new Comment piece in The Lancet. Emerging evidence suggests

Barcelona buzz

Saturday, 19 July 2008 9:48 P GMT-06
Gossip girl Sue Nelson goes to the Euroscience festival

Geriatric Care For Animals

Saturday, 19 July 2008 9:26 P GMT-06
As veterinary medicine improves, zoo animals are living far beyond their normal lifespans. Andrea Seabrook visits the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., to see how keepers there care for an elderly ele

Bill Would End U.S. Ban On Visas For Those With HIV

Saturday, 19 July 2008 9:21 P GMT-06
This week, the Senate approved a $48 billion extension of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Included in the bill was a provision that would lift a ban, in place since 1987, on visas for

Loan Officer Flies To The Rescue Of Baby Ducks

Saturday, 19 July 2008 6:38 P GMT-06
A story is making the rounds through e-mail about a man who saved a nestful of baby ducklings from jumping off a second-story awning by catching them just before they hit the sidewalk. "Duck Hero" Joe

Low-sodium Advice For Asthmatics Should Be Taken With A Grain Of Salt

Saturday, 19 July 2008 6:00 P GMT-06
Following a low-sodium diet does not appear to have any appreciable impact on asthma control, according to new research. Contrary to past studies -- which have suggested a link between low-sodium diet

Research Publications Online: Too Much Of A Good Thing?

Saturday, 19 July 2008 6:00 P GMT-06
The Internet gives scientists and researchers instant access to an astonishing number of academic journals. So what is the impact of having such a wealth of information at their fingertips? The answer

Distribution Of Creatures Great And Small Can Be Predicted Mathematically

Saturday, 19 July 2008 6:00 P GMT-06
In studying how animals change size as they evolve, biologists have unearthed several interesting patterns. For instance, most species are small, but the largest members of a taxonomic group -- such a

HIV Conquers Immune System Faster Than Previously Realized

Saturday, 19 July 2008 6:00 P GMT-06
New research into the earliest events occurring immediately upon infection with HIV-I shows that the virus deals a stunning blow to the immune system earlier than was previously understood. This sugge

Improved Culture System For Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Saturday, 19 July 2008 6:00 P GMT-06
Researchers have developed the first tissue culture of normal, human liver cells that can model infection with the hepatitis C virus and provide a realistic environment to evaluate possible treatments

Goodbye To Faulty Software?

Saturday, 19 July 2008 6:00 P GMT-06
Will it ever be possible to buy software guaranteed to be free from bugs? A team of European researchers think so. Their work on the mathematical foundations of programming could one day revolutionize

Vaccine For Koala Chlamydia Close

Saturday, 19 July 2008 12:00 P GMT-06
Eighteen female koalas treated with an anti-chlamydia vaccine are showing positive results, giving scientists hope they have an answer to the disease that is threatening the survival of koalas in the

Bees Go 'Off-color' When They Are Sickly

Saturday, 19 July 2008 12:00 P GMT-06
Bumble bees go "off color" and can't remember which flowers have the most nectar when they are feeling under the weather. The behavior of the bumbling bees reveals that, like humans who are ill, bees

Easing Pain And Numbness Associated With Diabetes

Saturday, 19 July 2008 12:00 P GMT-06
To ease pain and numbness associated with diabetes, scientists are studying a drug previously used for depression to treat peripheral neuropathy. Diabetics often suffer from this condition because of

Paradoxical Relationship Discovered Between Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever And Its Carrier Mosquitoes

Saturday, 19 July 2008 12:00 P GMT-06
Scientists have shown a negative correlation between dengue hemorrhagic fever and the density of the Aedes mosquitoes that transmit the virus. The study explains how current efforts to reduce the mosq

Relgion and Spirituality News Feeds

What Does 'Jihad' Really Mean?

Thursday, 17 July 2008 3:13 P GMT-06
Is it a compliment or a criticism? Until recently, the word "jihad" was a regular part of the Bush administration's lexicon in condemning terrorist attacks. But in the Muslim world, jihad has very pos

Saudi Host Renounces Extremism At Spain Summit

Thursday, 17 July 2008 2:35 P GMT-06
Religious leaders are meeting in Spain for an interfaith summit sponsored by Saudi Arabia. Critics say the meeting is only meant to make the Arab country look good in the West. Only one Israeli was in

Daily Messages Of Digital Inspiration From The Pope

Tuesday, 15 July 2008 1:41 P GMT-06
The Vatican is rolling out what you might call "Pope 2.0." Pope Benedict is the first pontiff to have a cell phone and a specially engraved iPod. Now he's the first to send text messages to the faithf

'New Yorker' Editor Defends Obama Cover

Monday, 14 July 2008 8:29 P GMT-06
This week's New Yorker magazine shows a cartoon of Sen. Barack Obama dressed like Osama bin Laden, and his wife, Michelle, donning military gear. They are sharing a fist-bump in the Oval Office. Edito

Ministers Study Obama's Plan For Faith-Based Groups

Friday, 11 July 2008 4:00 P GMT-06
Sen. Barack Obama pledges that, if president, he would continue the Bush administration's support of community programs run by faith-based groups. In this week's Faith Matters, the Rev. Hershael York

Mutual Fund Pioneer Templeton Dies

Tuesday, 8 July 2008 8:39 P GMT-06
John Templeton, the billionaire investor and philanthropist, has died. Templeton was a pioneer of international investing and mutual funds in the years after World War II. He was also known for the pr

Evangelical Leader Discusses Candidates

Tuesday, 8 July 2008 3:48 P GMT-06
Jim Wallis, the editor and founder of Sojourners magazine, talks to host Andrea Seabrook about the evolving evangelical movement, Barack Obama's plans to continue and retool President Bush's office of

Church Of England To Allow Female Bishops

Tuesday, 8 July 2008 1:17 P GMT-06
The Church of England's governing body has agreed to allow women to become bishops. However, members want to work out some way to accommodate those who object to the practice.

Evangelicals Take a Second Look at Obama

Monday, 7 July 2008 4:00 P GMT-06
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is launching an initiative to recruit young evangelical and Catholic voters, two voting blocks that generally support Republican candidates. The Rev

Black Family Bears Unique Jewish Distinction

Friday, 4 July 2008 4:00 P GMT-06
The Abrahamson family of New York City has a unique binary reality. They are both African-American and Hasidic Jews. In this week's Faith Matters conversation, the Abramsons discuss belonging to two c