Why does talk of human nature inspire such fear and loathing in so many people? It challenges three deeply held beliefs: the blank slate (the mind has no innate structure), the noble savage (people are naturally good), and the ghost in the machine (behavior is not caused by physical events)....

Five panels of leading experts on Iran will assess the last three decades of revolution, the troubled history of U.S.-Iranian relations, and the future.

Steven Pinker of Harvard University delivered the second of the 2003-2004 Bradley Lectures on October 7, 2003.

What do recent findings in neuroscience tell us about the ability of people to make moral judgments or reasoned decisions? Advances in neuroscience are being used by advocates to guide public policy on a broad range of moral and ethical issues. Is this new approach really a step forward? This...

Robert Earle's narrative conveys little evidence of serious planning or policymaking.

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University hosted a forum for indignation over the possibility of inborn differences between the sexes raised by Larry Summers.

As neuroscience develops a better understanding of brain function, how will this knowledge affect the notion of individual responsibility?

Egypt is entering a period of flux, and a changing of the guard is bound to happen on Obama's watch.