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 ...

Is science reform stunted by lack of theory? Source: Photo by Mwabonje from Pexels The new sociology manuscript on the current scientific reform movement ends with a damning sentence: “Metascience has ...

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 ...

A lot of ink has been spilled on the question of what will ultimately win: the scientific method, an approach to learning about the world by coming up with theories and testing those theories against ...

Tiny little threads whizzing through spacetime and vibrating incessantly: this is roughly how you can imagine the universe, according to string theory. The various vibrations of the threads generate ...