Science should be thought of as a method of inquiry, not a corpus of dogma. When a skeptic is dismissed as a purveyor of “misinformation,” this shift marks the death of genuine science. Editor's note: ...

Claims that the “the science isn’t settled” with regard to climate change are symptomatic of a large body of ignorance about how science works. So what is the scientific method, and why do so many ...

Around the turn of the 6th century B.C., beside the Aegean Sea in the city of Miletus, the first Greek philosopher concluded that “all is water.” His name was Thales. His pupil, Anaximander, disagreed ...

Reproduce the experiment until there are no discrepancies between observations and theory. It's this method that truly defines science. Superficial, all-encompassing definitions constantly change, but ...

From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting ...

Wim Hof, known as "The Iceman," purports a combination of breathing exercises and cold exposure has many health benefits. But a new review of studies finds there's limited evidence. When you purchase ...

It begins with two people, one blanket, and two very different ideas of what's a comfortable sleeping temperature.

A way to electrically modify the chirality of organic–inorganic hybrid materials, in which chiral molecules adsorb onto ...

Data science is a method to glean insights from structured and unstructured data using approaches ranging from statistical analysis to machine learning (ML). For most organizations, it’s employed to ...