As neuroscience develops tests for particular psychological traits and medical predispositions in individuals, what moral values will govern such information?

The problem of how blind processes of evolution create new species and biological systems through small steps is addressed in two recent books.

How can moving faster through space somehow slow the movement of time?

Are human awareness, conscience and even consciousness itself simply a lucky mix, a repackaging of something that our biological ancestors somehow had in part?

Almost 55 years have passed since the publication in Nature of Francis Crick and James Watson’s description of the structure of DNA.

We now possess the means of exploring many of the great questions of our place in the universe. But will we find the answers we’re looking for?

Whether or not one believes global climate change is related to human use of fossil fuels, the politics of climate alternation seem to be here to stay.

A table offers a simple way to outline some fundamental observations of cosmology, along with standard and alternative interpretations of each.

The term “theory” in science is lavished only on ideas that appear to have predictive power. But is this like performing a magician’s secret-number trick?