A study published in The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories found that belief in pseudoscience often stems from a lack of ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Long before the current political divide over climate change, and even before the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), an American scientist named Eunice Foote documented the underlying ...
NIU STEAM put on their WNIJ mittens and shovel the facts on why our nightly world seems to become illuminated, yet quieter, ...
For decades, scientists believed that intelligent life was a rare cosmic accident. A new study challenges that idea, arguing ...
Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...
The government has funded science and then largely left well enough alone. Scientific agencies have been staffed by ...
Extensive evidence, including global temperature and sea ice data, shows Earth's climate is changing due to human activity.
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Mad About the Boy sees Bridget coping with grief and dating again, but the world has changed a lot since she got married and ...
There exists no ‘amyloid cabal’” in Alzheimer’s research, neurologist Dennis Selkoe writes in response to Charles Piller’s “Doctored.” ...
Misinformation about scientific topics, including falsehoods such as vaccines cause autism and climate change being an ...
The landscape of American nutrition has undergone a dramatic transformation, with ultra-processed foods now dominating supermarket shelves and dinner tables ...