Humility is a rare trait in leaders. Even more rare is the kind of humility that always puts the good of others ahead of personal gain.

“To understand war, we must understand ourselves.”

Two sources of error play a profound role in our judgments and decisions.

The controversy over whether and how to venerate historical figures raises fundamental questions.

Are data and statistics useful for assessing truth, or are they little more than weapons in a war between clashing worldviews?

The World War II story of a young man in the Polish Underground invites us to consider what we idealize in others.

Using the supposed objectivity of DNA to establish human hierarchy may be the dream of eugenicists, but for Kathryn Paige Harden, the goal of having and using genetic information is exactly the opposite.

If we’re all 99.9 percent the same genetically, does DNA have any impact on our chances of success in life?

The concept of what it means to be normal may be due for a rethink.

Thanks in part to a misunderstanding of what the word even means, we now face a global empathy crisis.