Within the next decade, we may well have systems that are serious candidates for consciousness.

In Foolproof, psychologist Sander van der Linden compares misinformation to viral infection—and claims to have a vaccine. 

Martha Nussbaum on her new book—and why a full development of our humanity requires developing our capacities to care for animals.

Despite debates about scientific certainty, we do not need 100 percent consensus on a scientific claim to accept it as true. 

How science works.

Building public trust requires far more than the conveyance of facts and instruction in scientific thinking.

Tinder and OkCupid should drop the gender binary. Doing so would help all users—queer and straight alike.

The more someone knows about us, the more they can influence us. We can wield democratic power only if our privacy is protected.

For the sake of both science and action in the COVID-19 pandemic, we need collaboration among specialists, not sects.

COVID-19 has revealed a contest between two competing philosophies of scientific knowledge. To manage the crisis, we must draw on both.