Vision interviews W. French Anderson, M.D., director of Gene Therapy Laboratories at the University of Southern California School of Medicine.

Written history and recent experience show that plagues and pandemics bring mass tragedy and grief, but also opportunity for change.

Jesus’ death has been interpreted and portrayed in many ways through the ages. Yet the real story is much more powerful than anything art, literature, television or film has had to offer.

Are saturated fats as harmful as we have been led to believe? Saturated fat, it seems, deserves another chance.

In Flat Earth News, Guardian journalist Nick Davies shows how a vocation that once prided itself on uncovering the truth is no longer able to do so.

Three recent books address why some relationships may seem especially challenging. Can we change our emotional style and thereby our interactions?

How can we best understand the fact that human beings are capable of both heartwarmingly good deeds and unspeakably evil ones?

Vision reviews three books that address whether globalization is good for humanity or not.

Elder abuse is being recognized as a growing problem around the world. But not every offense is necessarily classified as abuse.

The name “Solomon” is often viewed as synonymous with wisdom. The Hebrew Scriptures note that dignitaries visited ancient Israel’s king to confirm the accuracy of his reputation.

Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine suffers from overstatement, and at times it seems her probing enthusiasm stretches too far to fit examples to her thesis.

Can the life of a humble teacher of botany who lived at a much simpler time offer insight for a world caught up in the fast-paced information age?

It’s a reality with a colorful history dating back to ancient empires: Powerful leaders sometimes fall prey to grand delusions.

Researchers and policy makers around the world struggle to lead human germ-line editing into the future.

Founder of prestigious scientific and humanitarian prizes, Alfred Nobel seemed able to ignore the way his powerful inventions were used.

“To understand war, we must understand ourselves.”

In the eighth century BCE, the prophet Hosea proclaimed blessings, curses, captivity and ultimate restoration for the ancient kingdom of Israel. But those prophecies actually date from much earlier.

As Jesus’ popularity grew, crowds clamored to see or touch Him. They looked to Him to provide for their physical needs, but He wanted to give them much more.

By the 1970s, the medical community believed they had all but won the war against communicable diseases. What happened?

Vision reviews Vexed: Ethics Beyond Political Tribes, in which author James Mumford proposes a way out of the political trenches that today divide the world into “sides.”