After studying humans and other primates for 40 years, Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky has concluded that many factors beyond our control influence our choices and behaviors, leaving free will ...

If we don’t have free will, we’ve built our society on a powerful myth. At home and work, in school, and when spending time with friends, people get rewarded and punished for their choices. In the ...

Here are the five works of nonfiction that most held our attention in 2017. “Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst,” by Robert M. Sapolsky (Penguin Press, $35, 800 pages). If you ever ...

The ages-long debate about free will has a new champion in Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky and surprising new connections to our politics, writes Ryan Sanders. Michael Hogue You didn’t choose to ...

APTOS — Three private schools along the Central Coast have joined forces with Cabrillo College to bring an internationally renowned neuroscientist, researcher, educator and author to the community ...

There’s a world of intriguing ideas in these new nonfiction books from five Bay Area authors. From Robert M. Sapolsky’s deep study of human behavior, to Steve Casner’s “user’s guide” to preventing ...

What: “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: An Evening with Robert Sapolsky,” with a book signing to follow. His appearance is part of the Daniel & Margaret Carper Foundation International Speaker Series.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Robert Sapolsky is a Professor for Biological Sciences, Neurology and Neurological Sciences in the Stanford University with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first ...

Humanity is simultaneously incredibly kind and incredibly violent. We commit indescribable atrocities, but also acts of incomprehensible compassion. There is both horror and beauty in our history.

Imagine that you’re a neurosurgeon. Years of practicing your profession will expand the part of your motor cortex devoted to finger dexterity. That’s good for your career, your hospital, your patients ...

Before epilepsy was understood to be a neurological condition, people believed it was caused by the moon, or by phlegm in the brain. They condemned seizures as evidence of witchcraft or demonic ...

Here are the five works of nonfiction that most held our attention in 2017. “Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst,” by Robert M. Sapolsky (Penguin Press, $35, 800 pages). If you ever ...