Science and religion often seem like oil and water, but there are a growing number of scientists who are very public about their faith. And, some of them suggest there’s scientific evidence that the rituals, customs, and community practices of religion over thousands of years offer humans a better life due to basic social science. They’ve even coined the term “spiritual technologies” to describe the tools and processes that a researcher might test in a lab but can see in real-life practice in a religious institution.