The Remarkable Power of Belief

You've all heard about "the placebo effect," the power of the brain to help alleviate pain or disease merely by the belief that treatment ...

Why a Popular Cheer Often Backfires

One of today's most popular sports cheers was first chanted in 1999 during the fourth quarter of an Army-Navy football game. The six-word cheer—I ...

Malcolm Gladwell Rediscovers His Christian Roots

Best-selling author Malcom Gladwell shared that while writing his latest book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, ...

Soldier Volunteers to Take Out a Tank

On a wintry December day in 1944, German forces made a massive surprise attack on the Allied lines, which became known as the Battle of the Bulge. About ...

Famous Painting Has God Removed

In the heart of Manhattan, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, hangs a famous painting by the 16th century Spanish El Greco. The painting, titled The Vision ...

Passengers on Sinking Ship Refuse Lifejacket Help

On May 7, 1915, the R.M.S Lusitania, a British ocean liner, was struck by a torpedo from a German submarine. The ship sank in a matter of minutes, killing ...

Pollyanna's 'Glad Game' Versus True Hope

The 1960 film Pollyanna starring Hayley Mills, based on the novel by Eleanor H. Porter, written in 1913 was released. The lead character's full name ...

Rock Climbers Learn to 'Get on the Wall

Todd Skinner was one of the most respected rock climbers of his generation, but his greatest challenge was tackling Trango Tower, the world's highest ...

Religion … the Fountain of Youth?

A BBC article profiles a Seventh Day Adventist community in Loma Linda, California, where aged residents live an average of ten years longer than the ...

Secular Author Says, 'I Miss God'

"I don't believe in God, but I miss him."

This is the opening line from a book titled Nothing to Be Afraid Of by the award-winning British ...