In this excerpt from KCUR's podcast "Seeking A Scientist," host Kate the Chemist set out to understand the science behind everyday stress and some helpful ways to cope. Are you feeling stressed? If ...

As the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 approaches, a new study illustrates that the attitudes of Americans in Generation X toward evolution shifted as they aged. Increasingly divisive ...

As this century draws to a close, the "future" business is flourishing in Western society. In France, some forty thousand seers, soothsayers, psychics, and other fortune tellers collect, annually, a ...

Jonathan Garlick receives funding and provides histology and scientific consulting services for Organogenesis Inc and HSRL Inc. These companies and my services are not related to the content of the ...

Philosophy of Science, Vol. 65, No. 2 (Jun., 1998), pp. 306-332 (27 pages) This paper is an empirical critique of causal accounts of scientific explanation. Drawing on explanations which rely on ...

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen environmental ...

Jonathan Firth does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Here's one certain sign that something is very wrong with our collective mind: Everybody uses a word, but no one is clear on what the word actually means. One of those words is "science." Everybody ...

In a world marked by escalating environmental crises, Science Communication has emerged as a vital tool to bridge the gap between complex scientific data and public understanding, empowering ...

The word “science” can be intimidating to those who don’t understand what it entails. With the goals of demystifying the process of scientific investigation and getting students excited about science, ...

IN this book the President of Harvard University addresses himself to the problem of preparing suitable university courses (whether for graduates or undergraduates is not clear) for the purpose of ...