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Purposeful Universe2 min read

Season 2 of Purposeful Lab Unveiled: Meet the Guests

Discover Season 2 of 'Purposeful Lab' as we unveil our esteemed guests. Topics covered will range from cosmology to epistemology to neuroscience.
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Sebastian Stanton5 min read

The Great Misunderstanding of Empathy

What is empathy? Empathy is a unifying force that creates relationships predicated upon care for another rather than utility.
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Sebastian Stanton6 min read

Epistemology and How We Come to Know 

Epistemology is conventionally considered the theory of knowledge. Why should one study epistemology?
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Purposeful Universe2 min read

Purposeful Lab: The Four Levels of Purpose with Fr. Robert Spitzer

Discover how to find the four levels of purpose and happiness in the season one finale of Purposeful Lab featuring Fr. Robert Spitzer.
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Magis Center1 min read

Karin Öberg’s Spiritual and Professional Pursuit of Finding E.T.

Harvard Astrochemist Karin Öberg hopes we find extraterrestrial life for both professional and spiritual reaasons.
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Purposeful Universe1 min read

Purposeful Lab on EWTN News Nightly

EWTN interview with Catherine Hadro and Dan Kuebler about Purposeful Lab podcast.
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Purposeful Universe1 min read

The Human Animal: Reason and Free Will

This episode of Purposeful Lab features a conversation with Dr. Stephen Barr about free will, rationality, and how consciousness relates to physics.
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Purposeful Universe1 min read

The Purposeful Lab: Evolution on Planet Earth: A Discussion with Cambridge University’s Simon Conway Morris

In this episode of Purposeful Lab Dan Kuebler interviews Dr. Simon Conway Morris about evolution.
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Purposeful Universe1 min read

The Purposeful Lab: Are We Alone or Is There Life on Other Planets?

Karin Öberg discusses her personal journey in faith and science, her career at Harvard University, and seeks to answer 'are we alone?'
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S., MSc.4 min read

Rivers on Mars and Water Vapor in the Asteroid

New evidence indicates there could have been rivers on Mars and water vapor in the asteroid. Water is associated with the possibility of life on Mars.
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Introducing The Purposeful Lab

On this first episode of The Purposeful Lab podcast, hosts Dan Kuebler and Catherine Hadro discuss purpose in biology, purpose in the universe, and more.
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Trappist 1: James Webb Space Telescope's Mother-Daughter Team [VIDEO]

The Trappist 1 System is a planetary system that NASA’s mother-daughter team, Natalia and Natasha Batalha, will study. Watch this video to learn more.
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