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Brain Gain
Drug makers and neuroscientists are enhancing what human brains can do, but what are the implications of these developments? For instance, what if brain researchers someday learn to find out what a patient is thinking? Or to predict a disabling disease? Or, right now, what about so-called “smart pills” that improve a college student’s performance on an exam?
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Moving Beyond the Confederate Flag; Changing Harlem Congregation; Flying Eye Hospital

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Same-Sex Marriage Ruling; Ethics of Gene Editing; Rebuilding Urban Neighborhoods

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Supreme Court Rulings; Healing Moral Wounds of War; Former Mormons

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Faith-Based Activism on Climate Change; Recalling Liberation Theology

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Birth Control in the Philippines; Rancher Nuns; Ramadan on the Road

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Latino Converts to Islam; John Unger; Shinnyo Lantern Floating

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Micro Preemie Ethics; Diminishing Prospects for Pastors; Jordan River Baptism Site

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Wayne Meisel; Kairos Prison Ministry; Shavuot

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Anti-Muslim Sentiments; Yale Institute of Sacred Music; Mark Burnett on Syria Refugees

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Making Peace in Baltimore; Same-Sex Marriage Cases; Converting to Judaism

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Evangelicals reexamine their views on marriage; the costs of mass incarceration in America

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Creating Artificial Intelligence; Church Mass Mobs