IN FOCUS: Meditation research
You’ve probably noticed: research into meditation has been all over the news lately, from the New York Times to Scientific American. More and more serious […]
Month: February 2011
Is altruism real?
Think you’re a loving friend, committed family member, and a diligent worker? Well, think again. Many biologists would argue that you’re nothing but a collection […]
Book review: Andrew Newberg’s Principles of Neurotheology
Until recently, the standard position in the perennial religion vs. science wars was one of truce. Stephen J. Gould, the late evolutionary biologist, coined the […]