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Technical terms used in the Bible’s description point to a real astronomical event that could explore the origin of the star ...

Few scenes in the Christian imagination are as iconic as the three travelers kneeling before the infant Jesus, their camels ...

It’s day 100-and-something of quarantine and I’ve lost grip of time. It seems like the days have all blended together, and I’m not sure if I’m living in the past, present, or future. Thankfully, even ...

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There's something about astrology that's always been, well, kinda queer. Travel all the way back to the time of Ptolemy (AD 100) and there you'll see him, using the stars to divine wisdom about gender ...

Last year, we ran a study testing whether astrological sun signs (like Scorpio and Capricorn) can predict any of 37 facts about a person’s life, such as their educational level and number of close ...

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