A prolific science journalist challenged conventional wisdom on human behavior determination in a lecture Tuesday before a large audience in McCosh 50. "Genes are at the mercy of our experience," said ...

There’s an age-old debate in child psychology: nature versus nurture. “Nature” argues that behavioral traits, such as our personalities, are determined by our genetic makeup. “Nurture” argues that ...

An age-old conundrum regarding raising children is the issue of nature versus nurture. That is, do genes determine a child's success in life, or is it the environment in which that child is raised? Or ...

Recent studies showing wide cultural and individual differences in biophilia call into question the claim that humans are ...

Riddle me this: how can it be that reading these words activates nearly identical word-sensitive patches of the brain’s visual system in you and nearly every other reader of this story? And that a ...

Would you be surprised to learn that genetically mutated mice choose to double their nightly treadmill mileage? Why aren't athletes from the Andes and Himalayas amazing distance runners? And is it ...