The general public and scientists have differing perspectives on science-related issues such as genetically modified, or GM, food while citizens have mixed perceptions on the level of scientific consensus on topics like the "Big Bang," a study released on Friday by the Pew Research Center showed.
It is not just a two-way split between science and religion anymore. A study showed that there is a new group of people, dubbed as "Post-Seculars," who are well-informed about science but are also very religious, The Washington Post reported.
Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may be reunited on the set of a movie once again, E! Online reported recently.
Facebook has agreed to censor images of the prophet Muhammad in Turkey just two weeks after its chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, posted a personal statement on Facebook about the importance of free speech with the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie, the Washington Post reported.
The New York Blood Center has issued an urgent call for blood donations after blood drives have been cancelled due to a massive winter storm, NY1 News reported.
A five-year-old girl from Las Vegas recently died days after coming down with the flu even though she had been vaccinated, ABC News reported recently.
Parents at a central Texas school district were infuriated after the school's staff forced elementary students to pull down their pants because feces were found on the gym floor.
A vast majority of American voters think that Islamic terrorists will launch an attack on U.S. soil in the near future while nearly half say President Barack Obama is underemphasizing the threat from the terrorists, a Fox News poll reported.
The Mormon Church on Tuesday campaigned for new laws protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination, as long as laws also protect people who assert their religious beliefs.
Alabama state Rep. Patricia Todd threatened to reveal the names of her government colleagues who oppose same-sex marriage but are actually having an affair after a court ruled that the state's ban on such union is unconstitutional, Time Magazine reported on Tuesday.
A family of five in Utah who were found dead in their home last fall died of drug overdose after the parents told other family members and friends that they were concerned over the "apocalypse," authorities said on Tuesday.
Two United Nations experts have called on Iran to explain the confiscation of St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and the eviction of Christian families from the property. Reports emerged in July that Iranian authorities had seized the church, described as the country’s oldest Protestant congregation, and removed Christian residents living on the site.
President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to draw attention to the persecution of Christians worldwide, criticizing the U.N. Human Rights Council for giving the issue little attention while condemning some of the world’s most repressive governments. “Christians are being persecuted all over the world; it's not even believable. I never thought I'd say it, but it's been happening for a long time.”
Fulani militia attacks in one county in Plateau state, Nigeria over the weekend killed at least eight Christians, including a Baptist pastor and a church employee on their way to church services on Sunday (Sept. 20), sources said.
Excavations beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem have revealed an ancient garden and burial landscape that archaeologists say is consistent with the description of Jesus’ burial site in the Gospel of John.
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sept. 11.