Often held up as a beacon of liberal democracy, West Germany experienced a “spasm of magical thinking” in the decades following World War II. Between 1947 and 1956, there were 77 witchcraft trials, ...

Searching for statements from Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump about science topics is pretty hard work. Finding anything meaningful or in-depth is harder still. To aid the general reader (and is ...

How we think about science might be more important now than ever — and, in that light, I devoured a new study from the Pew Research Center that surveyed both citizens and scientists. I was flummoxed, ...

Yeah. Hey there guys and good morning. Welcome back to the Orlando Science Center. I'm meteorologist Marquis Mita joined by Yami and we've got some UFO S with us right now. Oh, yes, we do. So this ...

Scientists searching for a cure for cancer have no trouble finding public support. But for those studying potato disease, it’s a tougher sell. The Trump administration seems to have banked on the idea ...

Something is either right or wrong. Right? Source: Jean-Christophe André/Pixels An essay in The New York Times, “Joe Rogan Is a Drop in the Ocean of Medical Misinformation,” made an excellent point in ...

It tends to happen during the middle school years. Some kids just lose interest in science. But a block party in Downtown Seattle Saturday hopes to change that trend. The block party is hosted by the ...

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John Brenkus, the charismatic TV host who found creative ways to get sports fans to think about science, has died, his production company, Brinx.TV, said Sunday in a statement. “John, co-founder of ...

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Science is a method for generating knowledge about the way things work; it is not, by itself, a foolproof way of solving problems. Because words are imperfect tools even when used by scientists, we ...