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Dark-Hued Fruits, Veggies Are Good For The Brain
Neuroscientist James A. Joseph is one of those lucky people who gets to have his cake and eat it, too. At the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts), Jos
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Goddess Role To Be Scrapped
A centuries-old custom in Nepal of worshipping a virgin girl residing in a palace as a "living goddess" is set to be scrapped after the Supreme Court ruled that the "deity" must go to school.
Relig
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Mysteries Of Ancient Ukraine
This Fall, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Mysteries of Ancient Ukraine: the Remarkable Trypilian Culture (5400 2700 BC), the worlds first large scale exhibition uncovering the secrets of t
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Venus Of Willendorf Still Hot At Ripe Old Age Of 25,000
Plump and 25,000 years old, this lady remains a mystery even after 100 years in the limelight.
The Venus of Willendorf, a small ochre-coloured figurine from the Paleolithic period, takes her name f
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
6th Circuit Supports Tenn. School's Confederate Flag Ban
A federal appeals court ruled yesterday in favor of a Tennessee school system that banned the Confederate battle flag because of concerns the symbol could inflame racial tensions at a high school.
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Judge To Review Satanic Bible In Child Slaying Case
A judge will review a satanic bible and an affidavit from a satanic high priest as he determines whether prosecutors can refer to satanism in the trial of a Sioux City man accused of killing his two s
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
A Busy Month For Bolivian Witches
Huddled near one stall selling more than a dozen llama fetuses, another hawking porcupine tails and yet another offering bottles of homemade singani, the dangerously potent Bolivian liquor distilled f
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Obit: Frederick M. Adams, Founder of Feraferia
Fred Adams, pagan leader, founder of Feraferia and cofounder of the Council of Themis, died on Saturday, August 9th at the age of 80. Fred Adams had a life changing vision of the Goddess in 1956 and
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Lawyers Return To Court Over 1993 Ark. Slayings (WM3)
It took a jury 13 days to convict and sentence Damien Echols to death for the 1993 slayings of three second-graders.
Now, nearly 15 years later, Echols is hoping to convince the judge who oversaw h
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
The Magnolia Watchers
No one seems to know exactly how long the magnolia tree has graced City/County Plaza, a stones throw from the Asheville City Building. Based on old photos, most interested parties have guesstimated i
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Monsters, Ghosts and Gods: Why We Believe
Monsters are everywhere these days, and belief in them is as strong as ever. What's harder to believe is why so many people buy into hazy evidence, shady schemes and downright false reports that perpe
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
The Mystery Of The Goddess Sequana
In 1864 the city of Paris bought the domain of Les Sources de la Seine in order that they could appropriate their will completely over the river that runs to the capitol.
A year later the sculptor,
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Magpie Can 'Recognize Reflection
Magpies can recognise themselves in a mirror, scientists have found - the first time self-recognition has been observed in a non-mammal.
Until relatively recently, humans were thought to be uniquel
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Winged Victory Statue Ready For Makeover, Color Change
Scaffolding circled the Capitol Campus' oldest and most prominent memorial Monday, and soon it will be wrapped in shrouds as it undergoes a $167,000 restoration, including a color change.
Winged Vi
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
California Court Rules Doctors Can't Refuse Services To Gays
Doctors may not cite their religious beliefs as a reason to deny services to gay or lesbian patients, a united California Supreme Court ruled Monday in a North County case that highlighted a clash of
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Judge Not!
Almost since its inception, much of Christianity has had a callous disregard for the principles Jesus taught. While there have been many true adherents who seemed to have grasped the moral principles
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Daniel Dennett's Darwinian Mind: An Interview With A 'Dangerous' Man
In matters of the mindthe exploration of consciousness, its correlation with the body, its evolutionary foundations, and the possibilities of its creation through computer technologyfew voices today
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Ohio Library Can't Block Religious Group's Meeting
A federal judge ruled yesterday that a central Ohio library can't stop a conservative Christian activist group from holding a meeting with religious aspects inside a library meeting room.
The rulin
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Groups Wants Atheists Included In DNC Interfaith Service
The Democratic National Convention's Aug. 24 interfaith service in Denver is supposed to be about unity.
But to a Washington, D.C., coalition that supports nontheistic views, it's about division.
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
Bold English: Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Book Review)
Hwæt. That word, barking through the clatter of the mead hall, typically opened an Old English poem in the Dark Ages, and roughly translates to "What" or "Listen now." Old English is largely Germanic,
Categories: Religion and Spirituality
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