A Jerusalem judge has asked the prosecution to consider dropping charges against an antiquities collector accused of forging an ancient burial box that was touted as the first physical evidence of Jesus.
2Researchers, who have been waiting 14 years for the world’s largest particle collider, will have to wait another few months to see any results in the Big Bang experiment since the machine will be shut down for repairs.
18British and U.S. scientists have launched a three-year project examining whether people who are clinically dead can have an out-of-body experience.
8Claims by scientists that a 17-mile super particle accelerator will likely re-produce a mini version of a the Big Bang has had virtually no effect on the faith of many Christians who still believe God is the Creator of life.
78Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish.
3An eclectic Jewish scholar is causing a media stir by claiming that Jesus and his disciples copied the idea of a messiah rising again after three days, basing his interpretation of scattered text found on a so-called ancient tablet. This idea fails to hold up when compared with the assessment of other Biblical scholars – many who say the relic is too badly preserved to even read.
37Francis S. Collins, the Christian geneticist who led the project to map the human genome, announced that he will be stepping down as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
18For decades, Boston University sociologist Peter Berger says, American intellectuals have looked down on evangelicals.
3The University of Oxford will bring together anthropologists, theologians, philosophers and other academics for a three-year study on whether belief in a divine being is an inherent part of mankind's makeup.
191People who feel lonely or isolated are more likely to believe in God and the supernatural, found a new study published in February.
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