According to author Kevin Bales, slavery has three primary elements: control through violence, economic exploitation and the loss of free will.

For children today, a main source of food is the school cafeteria. However, many of the options found in schools encourage unhealthy eating habits.

Research continues to suggest that the more engaged a father is in his children’s lives, the greater the physical, emotional and mental benefits for his offspring.

One physicist not on the big bang bandwagon is Geoffrey Burbidge. Now in his 80s, he has argued against the big bang for 50 years.

Is the generation gap inevitable? Or can grandparents and grandchildren reclaim strong family relationships?

Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Director, Julia Unwin, suggests that underlying today’s social problems are our growing affluence, avarice, alienation and anger.

Living in this caffeine-charged, 24/7-society leaves a large percentage of us chronically and dangerously sleep deprived.

It’s not uncommon to find, in modern literature, the call for a new Golden Rule. But do we need a new rule, or is the one we already have adequate?

Whatever objectives parents have for their children, bookstore shelves bulge with advice to help parents achieve them. But which do we choose?

Hubble became known as the man who made the smartest man in the world change his mind about the structure of the universe.

Would eradicating all forms of religious belief remove terror from our world?

Is science opening the way to a new form of human spirituality that will transcend ancient ideas of a supernatural creator? Astronomer Nahum Arav seems to think so.

As a veritable cascade of material wealth floods much of the globe, many wonder why they do not feel any happier or more content with life.

Several leading writers have recently authored books with the intent of showing that belief in God is irrational. Is it?

Paul’s final visit to Jerusalem resulted in riots, beatings, imprisonment, hearings before governors and a king, and finally an appeal to Caesar.

Manipulation of religious fervor is an important element in the rise and rule of dictators such as Mao Zedong, Pol Pot and Kim Il-sung.

Mao received the Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot in Beijing in June 1975 to congratulate him on installing radical communism in one fell swoop.

Kim Il-sung of North Korea created his own postcommunist Juche ideology of self-reliance, perpetuating a personality cult and savior dynasty.

A successful space shuttle mission such as the recent Endeavor journey is a triumph of human ingenuity and inventiveness over the harsh elements of extraterrestrial travel.

“Where did the universe come from?” The “big bang” theory has become the dominant answer to that question. But what happened before the big bang?