The ocean covers the Earth's surface by over 70%, so it's no surprise that there is a natural sense of awe and respect. Sometimes the ocean is calm with little waves slowly rolling toward the shore ...

Do you marvel at the wonder and beauty of life? Do you feel a positive emotional connection to nature? If so, you might be prone to awe, that goosebumpy sensation that we get in the presence of ...

Toward the end of my high school sophomore year, our Spanish teacher organized a trip to see an Andean band perform in Philadelphia. We packed into a van on a Friday evening and headed downtown to a ...

Michael Amster arrived at the Flying J truck stop in Lebec, California, carrying a loaf of homemade pumpkin bread. His orange puffer vibrated in the wind as he climbed into the Toyota Tacoma that ...

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[Author's Note: The following is an outline of a talk I delivered on January 26th, 2018 at The Society for the Phenomenology of Religion Conference in Berkeley, CA] “[Phenomenology] is as painstaking ...

Most back-to-school articles focus on children returning to classrooms. But what about teachers and parents? Shouldn’t we spend time getting prepared, inspired, and motivated for the school year? When ...

What does standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon, looking up at the Sistine Chapel, and Katelyn Ohashi’s perfect 10 viral gymnastics floor routine have in common? They might bring a tear to your eye ...

A new study finds that feeling awe leads to greater awareness of the things we don't know, which in turn makes us more likely to seek out a framework to fill those gaps. Science is one such framework.