Failed strategy decisions have left the “Nonzero” author pessimistic about the outcome of the war on terror. What’s needed, he says, is a reprise of FDR’s “fear itself” speech.

“Reconciliation is possible” between science and faith, though it will mean defining the latter by its moral truths and not its supernatural claims.

The “Evolution of God” author weighs the argument that human moral progress might depend on abandoning religion.

As people of different faiths find cooperation more beneficial than war, a kind of secular salvation may be possible.

As Christianity progressed, Christ’s moral teachings became sanitized and polished. Robert Wright thinks that’s probably a good thing.

As the “Evolution of God” author explains, the phenomenon called religion grew out of early human biology and strategy. But can we claim that certain faiths have “evolved” more since?

Why is evolutionary psychology so popular, and what questions has it not yet answered?

A conversation with the author of “The Evolution of God.”

It is commonly said that we use only ten percent of our brain. The Rockefeller neuroscientist reveals this to be a misconception.

From an evolutionary perspective, it makes far more sense to have sound capable of changing emotional states rather than vision or smell. Hence our hearing never really turns off, even […]

Life’s events happen once and only once, meaning that we do not have defined categories for storing our experiences.

Our ears do more than hear. They can sense when someone is stressed, relaxed, or angry, and they can recognize the shininess of bathroom walls.

And all this time you thought you saw with your eyes. A mathematical physicist explains his research into how sound defines the world.

By analyzing the Odyssey’s references to celestial events, Marcelo Magnasco has traced the exact days Homer described, including his experience of a full lunar eclipse on April 16, 1178 BC. […]

The Homeric epithet “wine-dark sea” does more than paint a pretty image—it also tells us about the very strong character of Greek wine.

A conversation with the head of the Laboratory of Mathematical Physics at Rockefeller University

The founder of Prodea Systems explains how she hopes to help make information available to everyone—even the least technologically skilled.

The astronaut describes what her space flight meant for Middle Eastern women and why she is proud of female protesters in her native Iran.

The world’s first female private astronaut shares her most memorable moment in space—and explains why you may soon be able to buy a similar experience.

A description with the private space explorer and founder of Prodea Systems.

The best way to regulate new aircraft inventions is to require the innovators’ children to take a ride.

You can always make something work by adding complexity, but you can never make something affordable by adding complexity, explains Burt Rutan.

We would have made progress on space travel if the NASA budget had allotted 20 percent for prizes that at least half the people thought couldn’t be done.

As Obama approves offshore drilling, Burt Rutan affirms that the U.S. has centuries’ worth of oil at its disposal, but thinks “it would be kind of cool if we just […]

Imagine a world where mini planes are as ubiquitous as New York City taxicabs. That might be what it takes to fix our inefficient airline system.

Burt Rutan doesn’t see anything beneficial about the US spending 100 billion dollars to go back to the moon, unless we learn something new.

People used to say that the Internet was all fun and games; it took years for it to become everything. Burt Rutan thinks the same will happen with space travel.

A conversation with the aerospace engineer and founder of Scaled Composites

As a young thespian, the dean of the Actors Studio fell in love with a scene from Hamlet. It was Act 3, Scene 4, the so-called “arras” scene where Hamlet […]

Why does James Lipton enjoy flying planes, show-jumping horses, and treading the boards? Because all require a bone-deep love of risk.