http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. New research at the University of Leicester has identified scores of Sicilian temples built to face the rising Sun, shedding light on the practices of the Ancient Greeks. http://www.physorg.com/news178370030.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:20:48 EST news178370030 (PhysOrg.com) -- Pediatricians and pediatric oncologists express differing views on religion and spirituality, largely based on the types of patients they treat, according to a survey that will appear in the current edition of the journal Social Problems. http://www.physorg.com/news177183961.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:01 EST news177183961 Is there life on other planets? The Vatican has asked that age-old question over the past five days during a "study week" on astrobiology gathering leading scientists from around the world. http://www.physorg.com/news177083464.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:10:05 EST news177083464 Do pediatric oncologists feel that religion is a bridge or a barrier to their work? Or do they feel it can be either, depending on whether their patients are recovering or deteriorating? A novel Brandeis University study examines these questions in the current issue of Social Problems. http://www.physorg.com/news176581404.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:50:02 EST news176581404 A national survey of physicians' experience with hospital chaplains found that the vast majority of doctors were satisfied with the spiritual services provided. Physicians in the Northeast and those with a dim view of religion's effects on patients, however, were less likely to be pleased. http://www.physorg.com/news175794713.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:52:37 EST news175794713 Jerusalem's geology has been crucial in molding it into one of the most religiously important cities on the planet, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news175176792.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:15:09 EST news175176792 Despite decline in numbers of worshippers and increased secularisation the church is still valued and appreciated as an institution which protects and preserves common values in the public sphere. This has been shown by sociologist of religion Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon at Uppsala University, Sweden, in a study focusing on the Church of England. http://www.physorg.com/news174148906.html Other Sciences Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:50:01 EST news174148906 Americans continue to pull away from organized religion, but the rate of departure previously reported may not have been as abrupt as originally thought, according to research to be presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. http://www.physorg.com/news169052220.html Other Sciences Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:57:59 EST news169052220 Unfortunately for us, there is no formula for fulfillment or guide to life satisfaction; however, humans have turned to philosophy, religion and science time and again for answers to our existential questions. We may have come a long way since Confucius and Plato, and science continues to piece together some of the answers, but what have we learned so far? http://www.physorg.com/news167478071.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:10:03 EST news167478071 (PhysOrg.com) -- A committed two-adult household with strong religious values may reduce the likelihood that youths will commit acts such as assault, vandalism and theft throughout adolescence and into early adulthood, says a new study from Ball State University. http://www.physorg.com/news165161930.html Other Sciences Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:20:09 EST news165161930 A preacher addresses a group of men in a town church in eastern Kentucky, but this gathering is not to hear a sermon. Instead, it is a meeting of a coal miners' union. By studying coal miners and farmers during the early 20th century, a University of Missouri researcher has discovered that religion greatly influenced coal miners' and farmers' lives. The miners used religion to negotiate their surroundings, and many of the resulting traditions exist today. http://www.physorg.com/news154615785.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:50:23 EST news154615785 Since January 2009, Olivier Bauer has pioneered the world's first course examining the link between hockey and religion. As a professor at the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Theology, he also just compiled and coauthored a textbook examining the Canadiens as a religion, "La religion du Canadien de Montreal" (Fides, 2009). http://www.physorg.com/news153144968.html Other Sciences Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:16:29 EST news153144968 When it comes to the world of the very, very small - nanotechnology - Americans have a big problem: Nano and its capacity to alter the fundamentals of nature, it seems, are failing the moral litmus test of religion. http://www.physorg.com/news147881829.html Nanotechnology Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:17:09 EST news147881829 Without a way to measure religious beliefs, anthropologists have had difficulty studying religion. Now, two anthropologists from the University of Missouri and Arizona State University have developed a new approach to study religion by focusing on verbal communication, an identifiable behavior, instead of speculating about alleged beliefs in the supernatural that cannot actually be identified. http://www.physorg.com/news140178703.html Other Sciences Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:31:43 EST news140178703