A scientific theory is a structured explanation to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world that often incorporates a scientific hypothesis and scientific laws. The scientific ...

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 ...

Science has an extraordinary power to transform our understanding of reality. From the smallest subatomic particles to the vast expanse of the cosmos, groundbreaking theories have repeatedly shattered ...

Science progresses through a fascinating cycle of hypothesis, testing, and revision. What we consider scientific fact today was once revolutionary thinking that overturned centuries of accepted wisdom ...

Early scientific theories—such as those explaining basic phenomena like gravity, burning, and the movement of molecules in water—centered on presumed inherent properties rather than external factors, ...

On Feb. 22, 2020, "Mad" Mike Hughes towed a homemade rocket to the Mojave Desert and launched himself into the sky. His goal? To view the flatness of Earth from space. This was his third attempt, and ...

Imagine a physicist observing a quantum system whose behavior is akin to a coin toss: it could come up heads or tails. They perform the quantum coin toss and see heads. Could they be certain that ...

And, it just so happened that a couple of weeks ago I was talking at a workshop about exactly that: namely, how are AI models ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Conspiracy theory beliefs and (more generally) misinformation may be ...