All Videos — December 4, 2012

Neurotheology: How God Changes Your Brain

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A growing number of neuroscientists are engaging with the question of how religious experiences change your brain.

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Why is “F = ma” still the most important equation in physics?

From high school through the professional ranks, physicists still take incredible lessons away from Newton’s second law.

Two people sit on a deck at night, illuminated by red light, looking up at a star-filled sky with mountains silhouetted in the background.

Smart Skills

The meaning of your life isn’t a puzzle to solve

It’s something to wrestle and live with, says behavioral scientist Arthur Brooks.

A painting depicts compassionate leaders, as a person in a blue robe carries an injured figure on a brown horse, set against swirling blue and yellow brushstrokes in the background.

Business

3 essential self-care habits for compassionate leadership

The benefits of compassion in the workplace are manifold — but leaders should retain an intentional focus on mental, emotional, and physical balance.

A colorful, abstract scientific illustration with a central glowing sphere, circular patterns, and various lines and circles suggesting quantum connections or uncertainty data points, on a dark background with blue accents.

Starts With A Bang

The single most amazing fact about the Universe

No matter what it is that we discover about reality, the fact that reality itself can be understood remains the most amazing fact of all.

Diagram showing human evolutionary relationships and gene flow among Khoisan, West Africans, Non-Africans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans over time, with percentages of genetic admixture indicated.

Strange Maps

Evolution isn’t a straight line: Modern humans come from 2 ancient lineages

After more than a million years of separation, two branches of humanity reunited around 300,000 years ago, suggests new research.

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A Christmas Message for the True Believers

Being a practicing member of a religion is distinct from being a true believer. We can understand this from a theological point of view, but can belief be scientifically observed, or even measured?