In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

As I stumble into my later years, I seem to know less and less. And I find myself – often in desperation – pulling what I think of as my childhood rabbit out of its hat. That is to say, when the conve ...

They testify to a world beyond our perception. But by themselves, they can’t confirm the central truths of Christianity.

Understanding and accepting our capability and blessedness as children of God wipes away heavy feelings about the good work we have before us.

“God acts, even when we do not immediately see the results,” the pope wrote to pilgrims from the Czech Republic. “The history of your saints teaches us this: think of the perseverance of John of ...

When you or I dole out Christian apologetic claims in a onesie-twosie fashion, thinking it will seal the deal on someone s ...

A New Dawn for Faith Imagine sitting in your living room, sipping coffee, and attending a live-streamed prayer session from a ...

The 17th-century French philosopher René Descartes famously said, “I think, therefore I am.” What Descartes meant by that was ...

Early primates evolved into Homo sapiens, who continue to consume consciousness-inducing magic mushrooms—in other words, us. This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory ...

Much of the time, consciousness is something of a “you know it when you see it” phenomenon. We’re conscious right now; the phone we’re reading this on is not. A raven is conscious ...

Harvard scientist Dr. Willie Soon introduces a bold hypothesis that a mathematical formula could prove the existence of God. Drawing upon the fine-tuning argument, he suggests that the universe's ...