The curious hosts mix scientific method with plain old-fashioned ingenuity to separate fact from fiction among many popular beliefs.

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Again, I think it speaks volumes as to what -- it speaks volumes to the grip that they have, or lack thereof, on the popular beliefs of their own people.

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Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham conducted an extensive review of several popular weight loss beliefs and found most lacking.

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In Malta, the pope will beatify Father George Preca, who founded the Society of Christian Doctrine in 1907 to evangelise a population which, although Catholic, based its beliefs just on popular devotion.

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But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.

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Israel has little choice but to view the Iranian threat through the prism of the past 60 years in the region and take into account the record of brinkmanship by regional leaders seeking to enhance their public support, popular enthusiasm for nuclear weapons, and the strong influence of religious beliefs that sanctify risk propensity and martyrdom.

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