Society & Culture

“According to a Jan. 10 article in the journal Science Advances, volunteers for experiments as diverse as intelligence tests and pain sensitivity studies have been found to respond differently when they are dealing with a researcher of the opposite gender.” BPNews

The study “found that a whopping one in five among the non-religious population pray to God The survey had 2,069 adult respondents. Approximately 20 percent of them said that prayer is included into their daily routine … Over 50 percent of all UK adults pray.” WRN

President Russell M. Nelson was introduced as the 17th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Tuesday, Jan. 16. President Dallin H. Oaks and President Henry B. Eyring were called to serve as first and second counselors, respectively, in the First Presidency. President M.

Shortly after 8 a.m. local time, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency sent an alert to cell phones on the islands stating, “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter.

President Donald J. Trump Proclaims January 16, 2018, as Religious Freedom Day

“Morality based on consent alone has always been doomed to fail. How many more souls have to suffer before we rediscover that simple moral fact?” The Claims Against Aziz Ansari Reveal the Defects of Modern Sexual Morality

The University of Iowa is caught up in a legal fight with a conservative Christian student group that denied a leadership position to a student who is gay. The case pits a university policy barring discrimination based on sexual orientation against the religious beliefs of a 10-member group called Business Leaders in Christ.

Black Protest Has Lost Its Power - Have whites finally found the courage to judge African-Americans fairly by universal standards?

“In my teaching, I have encountered several myths or misperceptions about capitalism from students as well as individuals outside the classroom. Dispelling these myths has become a focus of much of my teaching. Myth #1: Capitalism Was ‘Created’ ” Intellectual Takeout

“In the month since immigrants burned an Israeli flag at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate and chanted anti-Semitic slogans, politicians have proposed appointing a federal commissioner on hate crimes against Jews” and other measures. RNS