Science illiteracy and ignorance is rampant in society, so it's no wonder that it also plagues the sports that we play. Here are four prime examples in which logic, evidence, and reason goes unheeded ...

From ancient aliens to UFO conspiracies, here's how to spot pseudoscience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Ancient aliens.

Researchers have shed new light on the construction of a giant prehistoric stone tomb revealing it be a "unique example of creative genius and early science" among Neolithic societies. The findings, ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The confidence people place in science is frequently based not on what it really is, but on what people would like it to be. When I asked students at the beginning of the year how they would define ...

The first book I'd like to highlight for Book Week is Frederick Grinnell's Everyday Practice of Science: Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic. This one came out last year, but I didn ...

A summer 2022 research cruise that detected a massive and highly toxic harmful algal bloom (HAB) in the Bering Strait has provided a dramatic example of science that utilized new technology to track a ...

When I finally finished my Ph.D. program after 11 years of training for a research career in the biomedical sciences, I couldn’t help feeling that something was missing. I grew up convinced that ...

The vaccine debate is the latest example of how our coronavirus choices are inescapably political. By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist One of many regrettable features of the Trump era is the way that ...