In today’s polarized digital landscape, disagreement often leads to division rather than dialogue. But what if scientific thinking could help us navigate online noise, challenge our assumptions, and ...

Early psychology was considered a branch of philosophy that focused on understanding the human soul. In Western philosophy, the word “psychology” is derived from the Greek word “psyche,” meaning ...

A physicist, a philosopher and a psychologist walk into a classroom. Although it sounds like a premise for a joke, this was actually the origin of a unique collaboration between Nobel Prize–winning ...

Julio M. Ottino (NAE) is dean of the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Northwestern University, and Distinguished Robert R. McCormick Institute Professor and Walter P.

How much time do you spend doing research before you make a big decision? The answer for many of us, it turns out, is hardly any. Before buying a car, for instance, most people make two or fewer trips ...