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.