If you had 3.1 million dollars, what would you do with it?

A group of researchers have decided to use their millions to find God, or, as the article puts it, the biological reasons why people believe in God:

Religion cries out for a biological explanation. It is a ubiquitous phenomenon—arguably one of the species markers of Homo sapiens—but a puzzling one. It has none of the obvious benefits of that other marker of humanity, language. Nevertheless, it consumes huge amounts of resources.

Interesting. Have a look at the article, there are a few neat experiments that these folks have in mind.