Scientists Grow Piece of Heart Muscle—That Beats
Harvard researchers have created a strip of pulsing heart muscle from mouse embryonic stem cells, a step toward the eventual goal of growing replacement parts for hearts damaged by cardiovascular disease. (Carolyn Johnson, The Boston Globe)

The New “New Atheists”
The old atheists said there was no God. The so-called “New Atheists” said there was no God, and they were vocally vicious about it. Now, the new “New Atheists”—call it Atheism 3.0—say there’s still no God, but maybe religion isn’t all that bad. (Daniel Burke, Religion News Service)

Professor of Divinity Sarah Coakley Believes Cooperation Is Fundamental in Evolution
An ethic of sacrifice can’t be read flatfootedly out of evolution. But it might suggest that a principle of sacrifice runs through nature. Sarah Coakley refers to it as a “purple line in evolution,” purple being the color of sacrifice. Perhaps this is what human and religious ideas of sacrifice, which remain strikingly powerful even in a secular age, are in sympathy with. (Mark Vernon, guardian.co.uk)

Astronomers Build New Radio Telescopes to Explore the Cosmic “Dark Ages”
They’ve traced the evolution of the universe back to the “big bang,” the theoretical birth of the cosmos 13.7 billion years ago, but there’s still a long stretch of time—about 800 million years—that’s been hidden from view. (Robert Boyd, McClatchy Newspapers)

Q&A
Hunter Baker
The Houston Baptist University political science professor is speaking up about the dangers of secularism. (Sarah Pulliam, Christianity Today)