A Eugene-based researcher who for six decades has studied how and why people make the choices they do has been named the recipient of a prestigious science award. Paul Slovic, a University of Oregon ...

At least 99 children are among those slain following new government-led bombardments of eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Syria’s capital city of Damascus, where more than 460 people have died since Sunday ...

Paul Bloom, a Yale University psychology professor, argues in his book, Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion, the problem with our world is there's too much empathy. But according to ...