Watching Eyes Reduce Crime, Increase Donations

How would your behavior change if you thought someone was watching you? Two recent studies suggest that you might start acting more honestly. A 2006 study ...

Why Are so Many Smart Philosophers Atheists?

In an interview on The Stone, New York Time's philosophy blog, Christian philosopher Alvin Plantinga was asked "Why do you think so many philosophers—presumable ...

Is Our "Info-glut Culture" Becoming Wiser?

James Billington currently (as of January 2014) serves as the 13th Librarian of Congress, overseeing the largest library in the world. The Library of ...

Tim Keller on Unanswered Prayer

Tim Keller, reflecting on the passage, "Don't be anxious but make requests to God with thanksgiving", writes that, "We would expect Paul to say first ...

Near-Omniscience Achieved by Our Digital Trail

In the wake of the 2013 NSA data spying controversy, The Wall Street Journal ran an article titled "Phones Leave a Telltale Trail." The authors note that ...

Doctors Research the Unique Cries of Newborns

A baby's cry just sounds like any other baby cry, right? Actually, an article in The Wall Street Journal reports that new medical research is showing ...

The NSA and the Mark of the Beast

We've seen a wave of news stories about the National Security Agency's (NSA) data collection program, but here's a preachable story about ...

A Folktale about Why Bad Things Happen

There is a story about an old man who lived in a small village:

He was the poorest man in the village, but he owned the most beautiful white stallion. ...

Science Writer Explains the Limits of Science

In his book God's Undertaker, science writer John C. Lennox explains the scope and limits of science with the following story:

Let us imagine that Aunt ...

New Technology Tries to Detect When Someone Is Lying

A team of British scientists have developed a sophisticated new camera system that tries to detect if someone is lying. According to an article from BBC ...