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Do The Presidential Candidates Recognize What Science Can, And Cannot, Do?
Scientific methodology gives science special authority when it comes to answering empirical questions; there's a need to acknowledge this fact — and to deny pseudoscience, says Tania Lombrozo.
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A New Culture Of Cooperation In Academia Is Emerging
A liberal arts education was supposed to expose students to the sciences and the humanities without exploring their affinities or overlaps — but this era is coming to an end, says Marcelo Gleiser.
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Squids, Submersibles And Sewage: Glorious Graphic Science For Kids
What lies beneath our feet or the ocean's waves? Anthropologist Barbara J. King says a new book will inspire children — and adults, too — to learn more about the science of our planet and our oceans.
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Do We Need Scientific Idioms For Everyday Experience?
When young kids ask why it's getting dark, many people answer that the sun is going down. Only it isn't. Not really. What should we say? asks psychologist Tania Lombrozo.
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Can Science Save The World?
Over centuries, science has played a particular — and particularly unique — role in addressing our uncertainty and our hope for control. But we must work with it to save ourselves, says Adam Frank.
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For Some, Scientists Aren't The Authority On Science
Science isn't a universal mechanism for guiding beliefs, but it's our best guide to the natural world: If we can agree on that, there's a chance the rest will follow, says blogger Tania Lombrozo.
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Fact Check: Science And The Trump Administration
How good is the Trump-Pence administration's knowledge of, and engagement with, science? Anthropologist Barbara J. King offers a reality check.(Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
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Science And Facts, Alternative Or Otherwise
Science, with its emphasis on public facts, gives us a model for answering many of the most important questions we face as a society. Adam Frank asks: Given our needs, tell me, what's the...
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What Makes Science Science?
Scientific conclusions and scientific methods can change: Understanding how and why these changes occur reveals why science is our best bet for getting the facts right, says Tania Lombrozo.(Image...
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Why Do Many Think Human Blood Is Sometimes Blue?
It's hard to disprove a falsehood when it seems to fit so seamlessly with other true, if poorly understood, propositions — and that's what's going on here, it would seem, says Alva Noë.(Image credit:...
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Travel Ban Keeps Scientists Out Of The Lab
The Trump administration's travel ban is preventing some researchers from returning to the U.S. Scientists fear this could negatively impact collaborations and international scientific meetings.(Image...
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Can We Trust Science?
Mistrust of "Big Science" seems to flourish at both extremes of our political community. The best thing we can do to gain trust in science is to do more science — and to do it better, says Alva...
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Why I'd Rather Not March
Science shouldn't be pinned to a political view; the whole point is that evidence should win over everything, regardless of the opinions you walked in the door with, says astrophysicist Adam...
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Does Science Know Right From Wrong?
The issue of the right or wrong use of science emerges in the colliding front between scientists and their supporting sponsors, be they the government or the private sector, says Marcelo Gleiser.(Image...
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A Film Editor In The Land Of Astrophysicists
Academy Award winner Walter Murch believes true a theory astrophysicists have basically long ago ruled out. A new book, reviewed by Alva Noë, asks if science is a closed club — or protector of...
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Mildred Dresselhaus, 'Queen Of Carbon' And Nanoscience Trailblazer, Dies At 86
The daughter of poor immigrants, Dresselhaus became science royalty for her work with carbon materials. Along the way she opened opportunities for female scientists that didn't exist when she...
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Would You Become An Immortal Machine?
The prospects can be either beatific or terrifying depending where you come from but, whatever your choice, transhumanism is here to stay, says blogger Marcelo Gleiser.(Image credit: iStockphoto)
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Science-Loving Teens From Ghana And D.C. Geek Out Together
They competed in the first World Smarts STEM Challenge. We got to know the team that worked on a water purifier using neem leaves and ... cilantro.(Image credit: Ryan Eskalis/NPR)
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Researchers Find A New Way To Make Water From Thin Air
The device isn't the first technology that can turn water vapor into drinkable liquid water. But its creators say it uses less power and works in drier conditions — the key is something called a...
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Peep Show: Watch Us Calculate The Speed Of Light With Stale Easter Treats
NPR's Adam Cole demonstrates a science experiment that offers a new use for old Peeps. All you need is a ruler and a microwave.(Image credit: Adam Cole/NPR)
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