US health research boss wins Templeton prize for science and faith

US geneticist Francis Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health, on Wednesday was awarded the Templeton Prize, which honors individuals whose work combines science and religious faith. The prize, now in its 50th year, is worth 1.1 million pounds ($1.35 million). In an interview given to AFP before the announcement of the prize, Collins — who led the pioneering Human Genome Project in the 1990s and 2000s — says he discovered his…