Science is supposed to make the world feel more understandable, but sometimes it does the opposite. Ancient viruses frozen in ...

Despite the overwhelming evidence and expert consensus, certain scientific facts continue to face public skepticism. From climate change to mental health, these 11 scientifically proven realities ...

The Destruction Of Sodom And Gomorrah, painting by John Martin, 1852. In 2021 a multidisciplinary team of researchers claimed that a Tunguska-sized airburst, larger than any such airburst in human ...

Anyone can do a simple experiment. Navigate to a search engine that offers suggested completions for what you type, and start typing “scientists believe.” When I did it, I got suggestions about the ...

Scientific information is complicated and full of caveats and clarifications. This, of course, absolutely ruins the shareability of even the most interesting facts and discoveries. So, what’s an ...

Scientific Facts Few natural scientists have heard of philosophers Paul de Man, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault, or any of their followers in the modes of literary criticism, historical analysis, ...

Sitting in the barber shop a couple of weeks ago, waiting for a haircut, I overheard one customer telling another “the truth” about the COVID pandemic. “COVID’s not a virus at all,” the man said with ...

Scientific theory has had a rough time in America’s public schools. The approach is not limited to evolution. Legislatures across the country are proposing or passing laws that purport to encourage ...

We’re often told to “follow the science” — a comforting phrase that suggests clarity, objectivity, and consensus. But in today’s hyperpolarized world, even science itself has become a political ...