Anyone who has gone through the US public school system has undoubtedly been exposed to the textbook version of science as a linear process that takes researchers straight from a hypothesis through ...

The Understanding Evolution Web site launched in 2004 in response to the need among schoolteachers for resources to help teach evolution. Before long, however, two interesting factors emerged. One was ...

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. Educators in European ...

Everyone needs to understand the basics of science to participate fully in the democratic process. Conversation image via www.shutterstock.com. Science isn’t important only to scientists or those who ...

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 ...

Public understanding and acceptance of empirical evidence and current scientific consensus is, arguably, among the most important topics today. This is especially so from the perspective of ...

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 ...

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 ...