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 ...

A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of ...

For decades, scientists, philosophers and science fiction writers have been fascinated by the idea of parallel universes — realms that may exist beyond our own, each potentially with its own version ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Death is one of the few questions science approaches with both rigor and humility. While it can’t speak to meaning or purpose, it ...

Philip Goff has received funding from the Templeton Foundation. Civil war has broken out in the field of consciousness research. More than 100 consciousness researchers have signed a letter accusing ...

Frederick Taylor's scientific management theory uses time-motion studies and four key principles to improve workplace efficiency and employee productivity.

Science is hard. The science of consciousness is particularly hard, beset with philosophical difficulties and a scarcity of experimental data. So in June, when the results of a head-to-head ...

A new meta analysis of 170 studies identifies qualities of people who believe conspiracy theories. This paper is not a new study; it’s a statistical analysis of existing work and findings. Researchers ...

Almost a year before the 1963 publication of The Feminine Mystique—the zeitgeist-shattering book that would launch second-wave feminism and change the life of millions of women—author Betty Friedan ...