As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

Dr Andrew Bartlett and co-author Jamie Lewis have a new book published by Routledge putting forward the argument that Bigfoot exists. In their new book, Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry: On the ...

The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of an apprenticeship program on high school students' understanding of the nature of scientific inquiry. Data related to seventeen students' ...

IN one of the earlier numbers of the Philosophical Transactions may be found a long list of observations proposed to be made by travellers who were about to visit the Peak of Teneriffe. Athanasius ...

The sincerest expression of love is to learn the characteristics of the object of our affection as they are, without reservations or prejudice. By this definition, the pursuit of scientific knowledge ...

Public trust in science has eroded in part because of a growing perception that researchers selectively present data to fit predetermined agendas. The scientific method, at its core, is designed to ...

In the quest for knowledge, science often prides itself on objectivity and empirical evidence. It is often contrasted with lived experience, which is defined as innately subjective and clearly in ...

Peter Ellerton 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 ...

How do scientists figure out where life can exist in the universe (places like Venus)? Use the microbes on Earth to piece together clues about the limits of life.