The Mortecene has shaped who we are, what we value, what we fear and what we have forgotten, and the precarious present we ...

It’s time for Harvard students to say goodbye to their straight-A’s. On Friday, a committee of faculty advised the school to ...

Judgments about “inferior” or “superior” languages, he argues, are not scientific but political. A person who speaks any ...

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The Epstein files revive questions of whether the disgraced financier sought to merely cultivate famous scientists, or to shape science itself ...

The recent release of thousands of emails that late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exchanged with associates has renewed interest in the disgraced financier’s connection to star Harvard University ...

Harvard Psychology professor Steven A. Pinker condemned the rise of cancel culture in higher education at an Institute of Politics forum on Wednesday, telling his audience that academics must avoid ...

Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker said there was a “grain of truth” to President Donald Trump’s argument that Harvard University was a “liberal mess.” “President Trump has described Harvard ...

Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker said there was a "grain of truth" to President Donald Trump's argument that Harvard University was a "liberal mess." "President Trump has described Harvard ...

For generations, federal research funding to universities has fueled breakthroughs in medicine, technology, and national defense. Now, the White House is using that support as leverage — pressuring a ...

Charles Murray doesn’t need my help debating Steven Pinker, but as the author of the principal book on terminal lucidity, I offer a few observations (Letters, Nov. 1). Contrary to Mr. Pinker, grieving ...

Steven Pinker’s characterization of my op-ed “Can Science Reckon With the Human Soul?” makes little contact with its text (Letters, Oct. 30). My piece outlined the evidence for terminal lucidity among ...