Carmelite nuns in Montrealbreak their vow of silence and venture out of the cloister, joining forces with science to seek a concrete sign of God inside the human brain. —The Globe and Mail

And: Humanity? Maybe It’s in the Wiring:

“Neuroscientists have given up looking for the seat of the soul, but they are still seeking what may be special about human brains, what it is that provides the basis for a level of self-awareness and complex emotions unlike those of other animals.

Most recently they have been investigating circuitry rather than specific locations, looking at pathways and connections that are central in creating social emotions, a moral sense, even the feeling of free will.” —New York Times