The “greenhouse effect” is the natural capacity of our atmosphere to reflect and absorb heat.

As humans we’d like to control our global environment. But as that environment increasingly suffers at our hand, who will control the controller?

Benefiting from personal restoration in this life rides on our accepting that our Creator knows the right way of life.

For thousands of years, mariners have recognized a red sky in the morning as a signal of bad weather and have taken steps to avert disaster. Are we as adept at seeing the signs of our troubled times for what they portend, and if so, how do we respond?

Today, one problem blends in to the next, making the solution to any one problem contingent on solving the others as well.

Are we future-positive or future-negative? When we look out at the world today, the question of what will happen next is not easy to answer.

Earth’s geological record attests to mass extinctions that have taken place over the ages. But since the advent of the nuclear age, we can bring about our own extinction. Will we cross that line?

Science and technology have radically changed the world, making us the greatest consumers in history. But are we any happier? Does having more give us more?

What happens to eyesight when you live in darkness? A tiny fish serves as a metaphor for the material-spiritual divide that has set science and religion at odds with one another.

The separation of religion and science occurred very recently. For millennia the orthodox view was that the physical world did not stand apart from God.

The ability to interact well with others is based on shared ideas, especially those concerning moral values and one's sense of right and wrong.

In this interview, neuroeconomist Paul Zak discusses a possible biological basis for morality and then puts it in the larger context of moral absolutes.

Does it matter where we end up? Vision reviews Eben Alexander’s book Proof of Heaven.

DNA is becoming a second language of sorts because of its most attractive promise: customized, personalized medicine.

We’ve all heard about nature vs. nurture. But a third factor also helps determine who we are and what we pass on to our children, and the implications are profound.

Although ultimately incorrect in its details, Charles Darwin's outline of pangenesis foreshadowed much of what we call genetics and epigenetics today.

Vision interviews sociologist Steve Fuller, who argues that the fact of science—our ability to dissect and understand our world—is based on the faith that a Creator exists.

Children are at the height of mental plasticity; thus mental and social habits that are set early will have life-long effects.

The apparent discovery of a theorized God particle builds confidence in science’s Standard Model of the universe and may lead to greater discoveries.

The world doesn’t seem much closer to attaining its sustainability goals. Will Rio+20 produce the results they’re hoping for?