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Friday, 12 August 2011 14:00 |
 Waco, TX, USA. Regardless of a person's educational background, he or she is less likely to approach the Bible in a literal word-for-word fashion when surrounded by a greater number of church members who went to college.
According to a Baylor University sociology researcher, "When you go to Sunday school and everyone is talking about the cultural and historical background of a passage and its literary genre — a way of reading often learned in college — it's likely to rub off on you".
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Saturday, 06 August 2011 02:00 |
 Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Scientists show that generosity –– helping others in the absence of foreseeable gains –– emerges naturally from the  evolution of cooperation, so it is built in to human nature more than social pressure.
Computer simulations tested whether evolution would select against generosity in situations where there is no future payoff. The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Monday, 01 August 2011 02:00 |
 Los Angeles, CA, USA. Fame is the No. 1 value emphasized by television shows popular with 9- to 11-year-olds, a dramatic change over the past 10 years.
Psychologists report that on a list of 16 values, fame jumped from the 15th spot, where it was in both 1987 and 1997, to the first spot in 2007. From 1997 to 2007, benevolence (being kind and helping others) fell from second to 13th, and tradition dropped from fourth to 15th.
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Thursday, 28 July 2011 08:00 |
 Los Angeles, CA, USA. A new study is part of a large, worldwide comparative research effort to define the factors that gave rise to the first societies that developed public buildings, widespread religions and regional political systems — or basically characteristics associated with ancient states or what is colloquially known as civilization.
War, regional trade and specialized labor are the three factors that keep coming up as predecessors to civilization.
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Thursday, 14 July 2011 08:00 |
 Chicago, IL, USA. Hospitalized patients who had conversations about religion and spirituality with their healthcare team were the most satisfied with their overall care, according to a new study.
Religious and spiritual concerns are particularly prominent during times of illness, suffering and death. However, 20 percent of patients who would have valued these discussions say their desires went unmet.
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Saturday, 09 July 2011 14:00 |
 Los Angeles, CA, USA. The human brain simulates physical sensations to prompt introspection, thus capitalizing on moments of high emotion to promote moral behavior.
According to current research, feelings or emotional reactions in the body may sometimes prompt introspection, and can ultimately promote moral choices and motivation to help or emulate others.
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