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Friday, 31 August 2012 09:00 |
 Austin, TX, USA. Reliance on supernatural explanations for major life events, such as death and illness, often increases rather than declines with age, according to a new study.
Contrary to the traditional accounts of cognitive development, this research shows that people can interpret the same events using a mix of natural and supernatural explanations, while the proportion can vary for individual minds.
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Monday, 27 August 2012 06:00 |
 Seattle, WA, USA. Christian megachurches provide powerful religious experiences using an upbeat, unchallenging vision, stagecraft, pageantry, and charismatic leadership.
A new study suggests that contrary to public opinion — which tends to pass off the megachurch movement as consumerist religion — megachurches do an effective job. In fact, megachurch members speak eloquently of their spiritual growth."
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Wednesday, 15 August 2012 09:00 |
 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK. Lady Anne Clifford, a 17th century aristocrat, left manuscript evidence of how women challenged male authority in the Britain of her time.
Clifford’s 600,000-word Great Books of Record documents the trials and triumphs of her family dynasty over six centuries and her bitter battle to inherit castles and villages across northern England.
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Saturday, 28 April 2012 02:00 |
 Vancouver, BC, Canada. Analytic thinking can increase disbelief among believers and skeptics alike, shedding important new light on the psychology of religious belief.
"Our goal was to explore the fundamental question of why people believe in a God to different degrees," says lead author and psychologist Will Gervais, a PhD student at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
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Monday, 23 April 2012 02:00 |
 Chicago, IL, USA. The depth of belief in God differs vastly among nations, but there is one constant — belief is higher among older people, regardless of where they live.
International surveys show that national differences range from 94 percent of people in the Philippines (who said they always believed in God), compared to only 13 percent in the former East Germany.
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