While this exozodiacal light — zodiacal light around other star systems — had been previously detected, this is the first large systematic study of this phenomenon around nearby stars. (sciencedaily.com)
Writing that «religion's appeal has been eroding in the United States since the end of the 1980s,» Porter cites a large study of the phenomenon: «In 1987, only one in 14 American adults expressed no religious preference,» he writes. (relevantmagazine.com)
For a series of fascinating studies of this phenomenon, see Language and the Nuclear Arms Debate, ed. (religion-online.org)