Articles

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.

When almost anything can be commodified, our sense of what’s valuable can easily be skewed. What do we value most in life?

It’s become increasingly clear to many that our global problems require global solutions. Former UK prime minister Gordon Brown is the latest to lend his voice to the discussion.

For centuries, Africa has suffered at the hands of opportunists seeking to enrich themselves at the continent’s expense, with far-reaching results.

Which China we see will determine how we view the implications of its awakening.

The decade following the 1918–20 flu pandemic is remembered as a time of freedom—both for growth and for selfish excess. How are the post-COVID 2020s likely to shape up?

Vision reviews Noreena Hertz’s The Lonely Century. The author contends that the loneliness pandemic, too, must end, and outlines how we can make that happen.

Values play a key role in our understanding of history. A shift in those values may demand that we recontextualize the past.

Conspiracy theories have been with us for a long time. We’re now in the age of conspiracism: no need for a theory, just a social media platform.

The global scourge of discarded plastic—from macro- to microscopic—is finally starting to get the attention it deserves.

Though it’s the world’s dominant economic system, capitalism’s excesses are drawing increasing criticism.