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

The influence of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson on foreign policy.

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

Will biotechnology change our views on sex and procreation?

Has modern understanding of marriage, family and sex been muddied by flawed “expert” knowledge?

As the world celebrates the centennial of the Nobel prizes, Vision interviews Irwin Abrams, the foremost expert on the history of the Nobel peace prize.

Modern Western society reflects a civilization that most people consider long dead. Yet the connections are clear and unmistakable.

President Woodrow Wilson is probably most remembered for his devotion to the cause of world peace in the forming of the League of Nations.

The heart is more than a muscular pump that is sometimes diseased. We also speak of it as the seat of emotional well-being.

Thanks to the MAD doctrine, the Cold War left its mark on two regions of the former Soviet Union.

The world’s most infamous nuclear power plant is finally closed. But that doesn’t mean we can put the whole radioactive mess behind us.

It seems that nothing is beyond our reach when it comes to conquering the physical world, but we’re at a loss to deal with moral questions.

Will the next few years see the development of a truly intelligent computer? Will our own tools become our masters?

What’s at the heart of moral regeneration?

Pioneering genius, quintessential capitalist and one of the richest men in the world, Bill Gates has left his mark on the 20^th century.

Modern science is nudging us ever closer to a moral precipice. But can science serve as the arbiter of moral and ethical standards?

What the world needs now is visionairies, and you could be one of them.

Both Palestinians and Israelis claim a right to the eternal city, but what makes the issue so contentious?

The human mind is not just the result of physicochemical reactions within the brain. There is a spirit in men and women that renders them human and unique.

Can the dark side of human nature be overcome before the full power of the Information Age is unleashed?