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Probing Question: Is the Ark of the Covenant real?

Probing Question: Is the Ark of the Covenant real?

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (25) | comments 25

When you hear the words "Ark of the Covenant" what comes to mind? For some, Steven Spielberg’s film "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" provides the most vivid pop-culture reference to this mysterious ...


Illustrious Jewish roots of Tory leader revealed

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- David Cameron’s Jewish history goes back hundreds - if not thousands - of years, according to a University of Manchester historian. Dr Yaakov Wise, who specialises in Jewish history, says the Tory leade ...


Biblical diet 'unhealthy'

Biblical diet 'unhealthy'

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

A new study into the diet of ancient Israel has revealed that far from being 'the land of milk and honey', its inhabitants suffered from the lack of a balanced diet.





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Study: Race, class and gender shape religion's effect on American voters

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- How Americans vote is strongly linked to their religious identities, but it is not an independent influence that transcends race, socio-economic class and gender, reports a new Cornell study.


Internet believers: Pastors open online churches (AP)

Internet believers: Pastors open online churches

Technology / Internet

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 11

(AP) -- Church volunteers greet visitors entering the lobby. The worship band begins its set and a pastor offers to pray privately with anyone during the service.


Science wins fight over evolution in schools, says Case Western Reserve University author

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 7

If you want to understand how evolution has challenged the constitutionality of the separation of church and state, Mano Singham from Case Western Reserve University provides a concise and chronological history in his new ...


Israeli archaeologists find ancient fortification (AP)

Israeli archaeologists find ancient fortification

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 10

(AP) -- Archaeologists digging in Jerusalem have uncovered a 3,700-year-old wall that is the oldest example of massive fortifications ever found in the city, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday.


Jobless and homeless, blogger scores Elle job (AP)

Jobless and homeless, blogger scores Elle job

Technology / Internet

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Six months ago, Brianna Karp found herself living in an old truck and camper she inherited after the suicide of a father she barely knew.


Apollo 11 crew: Aldrin likes spotlight, 2 shun it (AP)

Apollo 11 crew: Aldrin likes spotlight, 2 shun it

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- In the 40 years since Apollo 11, some of the key players, most notably Neil Armstrong, have steered clear of the increasingly bright glare of the moonlight cast by the historic lunar landing. Others ...


To predict the severity of mental disease, consider the family

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

We've all been asked at routine visits to the doctor to record our family's history with medical problems like cancer, diabetes or heart disease. But when it comes to mental disorders, usually mum's the word.


Pages of the Codex Sinaiticus are pictured on a laptop in Westminster Cathedral, central London

World's oldest surviving Bible published online

Technology / Internet

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

About 800 pages of the world's oldest surviving Bible have been pieced together and published on the Internet for the first time, experts in Britain said Monday.


Creation Museum president Ken A. Ham

Paleontologists brought to tears, laughter by Creation Museum

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (53) | comments 273

For a group of paleontologists, a tour of the Creation Museum seemed like a great tongue-in-cheek way to cap off a serious conference.


Why pay when you can copy for free?

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New empirical research identifies successful strategies for the exploitation of television formats. Television formats such as X-Factor or Britain's Got Talent are extremely popular with audiences. Over the last decade, the ...



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