How the Tudors dealt with food waste

During the Tudor period, religious beliefs shaped people’s attitudes towards food and food waste.

Eleanor Barnett, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University • conversation
March 14, 2024 • ~6 min

The tools in a medieval Japanese healer’s toolkit: from fortunetelling and exorcism to herbal medicines

In medieval Japan, healing might mean taking medicine, undergoing an exorcism or sidestepping harm in the first place by avoiding inauspicious days.

Alessandro Poletto, Lecturer in East Asian Religions, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis • conversation
March 1, 2024 • ~8 min

How AI could change our relationship with religion

AI could free up our time to an unprecedented degree, which will leave time for faith-based activities.

Sreevas Sahasranamam, Professor, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow • conversation
Feb. 6, 2024 • ~5 min

Religious people coped better with Covid-19 pandemic, research suggests

Two Cambridge-led studies suggest that the psychological distress caused by lockdowns (UK) and experience of infection (US) was reduced among those of faith

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 30, 2024 • ~6 min

Earthrise: historian uncovers the true origins of the 'image of the century’

Borman’s professionalism helped the risky Apollo 8 mission become a success.

Robert Poole, Professor of History, University of Central Lancashire • conversation
Nov. 17, 2023 • ~8 min

Modern medicine has its scientific roots in the Middle Ages − how the logic of vulture brain remedies and bloodletting lives on today

Your doctor’s MD emerged from the Dark Ages, where practicing rational “human medicine” was seen as an expression of faith and maintaining one’s health a religious duty.

Meg Leja, Associate Professor of History, Binghamton University, State University of New York • conversation
Nov. 2, 2023 • ~10 min

Kindness has persisted in a competitive world – cultural evolution can explain why

Ancient religious customs have accelerated the evolutionary process of humans becoming more cooperative.

Jonathan R Goodman, Researcher, Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge • conversation
Sept. 25, 2023 • ~7 min

What keeps young people involved in religion as they age?

Things like youth groups, religious school, and weekly services may influence youths' feelings about keeping religion as part of their life.

Leigh Beeson-U. Georgia • futurity
Sept. 6, 2023 • ~6 min

Thinking about God makes people more likely to trust AI

"Actively thinking about God" promotes acceptance of AI recommendations in a variety of contexts, from choice in movies to romantic partners.

Duke U. Fuqua School of Business • futurity
Aug. 21, 2023 • ~5 min

Feeling ‘called’ to your job can hide mistreatment

Feeling "called to work" or a sense of tikkun olam or zakat can bring motivation to your job, research finds.

Amy Hodges-Rice • futurity
June 21, 2023 • ~5 min

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