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

The radio was an improvement on the telegraph but it didn't have the same exponential, transformative effect.

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.

Developmental scientists like me explore the basic science of learning by designing controlled experiments.

Some people say that parents don't matter, and that's not true at all. The irony is that we pay attention to all these things that don't matter, and not to what does matter, such as parents having enough resources to provide an environment where their children have both security and freedom.

Being a grandmother is a wonderful thing, so my advice is skip the children. Go straight to the grandchildren.

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.