Naturally Non-Religious
By Hannah Welham
A new study has confirmed scientists’ reputations for being one of the most unholy bunches of non-believers around. But science doesn’t seem to be the reason for their non-belief.A project, christened ‘Religion Among Academic Scientists’ (RAAS), set out to answer the question: Do university scientists drop their childhood religion on entering the doors of a science faculty, or is their atheism something more innate?
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