We are a People of Diseased Hearts

Archaeologists recently excavated the contents of a medieval convent in France and came across something interesting: five heart-shaped urns made out ...

Research Proves We Can't Walk Straight Line

In 2009, a German scientist named Jan Souman took a group of subjects out to empty parking lots and open fields, blindfolded them, and instructed them ...

Crocodiles Don't Take Bribes

Budi Waseso, head of Indonesia's Anti-Narcotics Agency, wants to build a death-row prison for drug convicts. That's not unusual by Indonesian ...

Treating the Cause, Not the Symptom

William Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura were recently awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. The prize recognizes their discovery in the ...

Actor Johnny Depp on the Evil Within

Commenting on his performance in the gangster drama Black Mass, actor Johnny Deep said, "I found the evil in myself a long time ago, and I've ...

Sin Reduces our Script to Scribbles

In his book Newton: On the Christian Life, author Tony Reinke recalls a metaphor John Newton used to illustrate the effects of indwelling sin:

Imagine ...

Animal Rescuer Overwhelmed by Rats

At her rental house, which she named "The Critter Café," Christine Bishop was a well-intentioned rescuer of stray cats, dogs, and lost ...

Scientific Research Marred by Sinful Drives

A 2009 report from Edinburgh University found that a third of scientific medical researchers admitted anonymously to scientific fraud, with nearly three-fourths ...

Inmates Think They Are More Moral

Many studies have shown that people tend to exaggerate their own positive characteristics and abilities. For instance, studies have shown that most drivers ...

'Evil Scientist' Tells the Truth About Human Nature

Psychologist Delroy Paulhus studies the nature of evil. Through careful experimentation designed to separate the psychopaths and others among us who have ...