Intersection of hardware and humanity, but were doing it in a unique way. This is a show about science. By scientists. And now techknow investigates religion and the brain. Hey welcome to techknow im phil torres here with dr. Crystal dilworth and Cara Santa Maria. Now today were going to start out talking about science and religion. Now to be blunt, these arent two things that often see eye to eye. True on the surface they very much seem opposed to each other and i was a scientist trained to take nothing on faith and to only look at the data. And thats whats so cool about this study. Crystal and i had the chance to go to university of utah where researchers are trying to determine whether feeling the spirit can be measured scientifically. We even got the chance to participate in the study and the results were interesting. Lets take a look. I baptize you in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit. Religious faith. Of the seven billion people on the planet, its estim
It is the Prime Ministers first visit and the first visit since 1977 from a Prime Minister of canada. Chuck grassley said his committee will not take up a Supreme Court nominee until a new president is elected and sworn in. The committee met today. That is coming up next on cspan2. Then Charles Bolden testifies about his agencys 2017 budget request. And later a discussion on the use of executive power. Join cspan friday at 1 30 p. M. Eastern for the Funeral Service for former first lady nancy reagan. First lady michele obama, and former president george bush and laura bush will attend the funeral. Ms. Reagan will be buried next to her husband at the library. Live coverage on cspan, cspan radio and cspan. Org. The republicans are saying they will not vote on any nominee for the Supreme Court that is sent in them. Senator grassley is the chair and senator leahy is the leadcrack on lead democrat on the committee. [inaudible conversations] i cant officially start this meeting until we get
[inaudible conversations] thank you for coming. Nice crowd. First of all, i have to deal with the title of this panel, which really, through history, laws of nature, laws of man. The title is a little difficult for me as a political reporter, i write about the laws of man and i never think about the laws of nature unless im covering a Natural Disaster, like our 1994 earthquake. Our panelists have two tasks, most important for them is to talk about their books in such a compelling manner that you will all brush out afterward, by copies and have the authors assign them. The book signing is in signing area number one. This is noted on the festival math in the center of the program or one of the volunteers in the room will help direct you i have been thinking. The laws of nature explains like the formation of the great coral reef, once thought of as permanent and now, we know theyre not. We hope the laws of man can save them from global warming. These of books deal with these two conflicti
So ive been thinking, the laws of nature explain the events like the formation of the great ice packs in the coral reefs, once thought of as permanent. Now we know theyre not. And we hope the laws of man can save them from global warming. These books deal with these two conflicting forces, i guess, in engaging way with really gripping writing. In reading them, i wondered how all this history that were going to be talking about todayr affects us. I thought that all three books were essential to our understanding of todays world. Michael schuman is the author os confucius and the world he created. He has covered asia and the Global Economy for the wall street journal. He lives in beijing. Hes also the author of the miracle the epic story of asias quest for wealth. In this latest book, he tells how confucius attempted to bring a system of order, respect and responsibility to his unruly world, an effort the communist government is continuing today. Marys book, mary beards book is spqr a hi
Those are committed serious crimes and completed their prison sentences. Special lies this morning for those with felony convictions in your past. We want to hear your stories special lines. 2027488000. For those who work in correction, 2027488001. Is your number. A line for Law Enforcement 2027488002. A line for all others, 2027488003. You can also catch up with us on social media, twitter cspanwj, on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Good Tuesday Morning to you. We are talking about prison reentry programs. We sit a visit. This comes in the wake of the white house announcing its effort to promote this week as National Reentry week. President obama over the weekend laid out his plans for a National Reentry with some of the efforts of his administration is pushing in his weekly address. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] president obama every year, 600,00 people are released from prison. We need to ensure they are prepared to become productive, contribute and members of their famili