Depression and new brain cells: a Columbia study found neurogenesis stalls in depression — and the cells that stall are the ones that keep today from blurring.
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Shingles Vaccine and Dementia: What the Study Actually Found
A study of 509,926 older adults linked the shingles vaccine and dementia risk: 18.8% versus 24.6% over four years. What it found, and what it cannot say.
What Does the Bible Say About Cussing? It’s Not About the Words
What does the Bible say about cussing? The Greek word in Ephesians 4:29 means rotten fruit — and Jesus singled out contempt, not profanity. Here’s the truth.
Will We Know Each Other in Heaven? Three Men Watched It Happen
Will we know each other in heaven? Three men on a mountain named two people who had been dead for centuries — and nobody told them the names. It’s in Matthew 17.
Prayer for Healing a Friend: What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say
A prayer for healing a friend you can pray tonight — plus the seven days Job’s friends got exactly right, before they opened their mouths and ruined it.
Did Gandhi Say “Be the Change You Wish to See in the World”?
No one has found “Be the change you wish to see in the world” in anything Gandhi wrote. The earliest known printing is 1974 – by a Brooklyn schoolteacher.
What Holds a Proton Together May Not Be Its Parts
For fifty years the textbook answer to what holds a proton together was three quarks. New collider data points somewhere stranger: the junction between them.
Best Books for New Christian Readers: What to Read First
The best books for new Christian readers, in the order that actually helps — and why the book everyone hands you was never written for beginners at all.
Why Silence Makes You Uncomfortable (It’s Not Boredom)
Why silence makes you uncomfortable is not really about boredom. In one study, people chose mild electric shocks over 15 quiet minutes with their thoughts.
Parable of the Persistent Widow: The Judge Is Not God
The parable of the persistent widow is not about wearing God down. Luke calls the judge unjust — and that one word changes the story for anyone waiting.