I'm culturally Jewish but, like most scientists, an atheist: I don't believe there's a God or supernatural world. Buddhism offers guidance on what to do in a world without God: It opines that truly being present in the world‚ experiencing and hanging out with your loved ones, provides all the significance you could want.

The brain knows the real secret of seduction, more effective than even music and martinis. Just keep whispering, 'Gee, you are really special' to that sack of water and protein that is a body, and you can get it to do practically anything.

We know that kids who grow up in an environment of warmth and support will thrive and function in whatever environment they find themselves. What we need to do is to do more to help poor kids have such an environment.

On the Web we all become small-town visitors lost in the big city.

What teenagers want most of all are social rewards, especially the respect of their peers.

The best scientific way to discover if one factor influences another is to do a controlled experiment.

What's it like to be a baby? It's like being in love in Paris for the first time after you've had three double espressos.