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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 ...

Explore 25 Old Theories Modern Science Proved Wrong, from flat earth to miasma. Discover how scientific understanding evolves ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

The proponents of the idea of a global climate crisis are fond of saying that when it comes to climate change, “the science is settled.” But in fact that is just a way of telling their opposition to ...

The philosopher Karl Popper pointed out that most early practition­­ers of science were justificationists. They didn’t just seek out any old knowledge; they were on the hunt for justified knowledge.

This semester I am teaching philosophy of science to science educators. The class consists mostly of people who have studied ...

Throughout history, even the world’s most brilliant minds have fallen for theories that seem completely bizarre today. Before we had modern technology, geniuses often relied on intuition to explain ...