Yesterday, I wasted an evening reading a paper entitled "Does a Global Temperature Exist?" The paper put forward three main propositions: the nature of temperature often makes averages meaningless, ...

Wikipedia defines pseudo science as “a claim, belief, or practice which is presented as scientific, but which does not adhere to a valid scientific methodology, lacks supporting evidence or ...

When it comes to science, the first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. This is true in all fields of science: from social sciences to physical ...

We are at a critical time and supporting science journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen scientific ...

Science, founded by Thomas A. Edison in 1880 and published by AAAS, today ranks as the world's largest circulation general science journal. Published 51 times a year, Science is renowned for its ...

Science is a global institution that has been around for thousands of years, and it has changed significantly over the past century. Jevin West, an associate professor in the Information School at the ...

Science, scientists, and scientific studies should be routinely treated with deep, deep skepticism. This is not because science is inherently bad. I am not making a case against science, or trying to ...

Lower Granite Dam near Pomeroy, Wash., is one of four lower Snake River dams covered by a court-ordered environmental study. The study is looking at removing or breaching the four hydropower dams as ...

In a post published last week, Adam Frank argued for the importance of public facts, and of science as a method for ascertaining them. He emphasized the role of agreement in establishing public facts, ...

Science, scientists, and scientific studies should be routinely treated with deep, deep skepticism. This is not because science is inherently bad. I am not making a case against science, or trying to ...