219 words Trump thinks scientists are split on climate change. So do most Americans - There’s a 97% expert consensus on human-caused global warming, but most Americans are unaware
158 words Climate Deniers Are Bullies, and Science Teachers Aren’t Going to Take It Anymore - Pressured for years to “teach the controversy,” educators have banded together to expel anti-science forces from their classrooms.
1,408 words Archaeologists have found the remains of one of Jamestown’s early settlers. Now they have to prove he is who they think he is.
116 words Sixty years ago this week, one of the greatest British scientists, Francis Crick, gave a lecture in London in which he accurately predicted how genes work, setting the course for the genetic revolution we are now living through.
200 words The debate on spanking kids is over — here's why you should never do it. According to a study, spanking has detrimental outcomes including aggression, antisocial behavior, mental health problems and negative relationships with parents.
191 words Why exercising on an empty stomach is the secret to weight loss
196 words Why scientists are fighting back. We’ve had enough of Trump’s war on facts - The president’s savaging of environmental safeguards is a direct attack on reason and research
430 words 3,000 Scientists Have Asked for Help Running for Office to Oppose Trump
1,044 words How can scientists get through to a public that's seemingly indifferent to objective facts?
184 words Exposure to medical radiation does not increase a person’s risk of getting cancer, and the long-held belief that even low doses of radiation, such as those received in diagnostic imaging, increase cancer risk is based on an inaccurate, 70-year-old hypothesis, according to a new published review.
452 words Scientists build world’s tiniest engine
676 words Imaging studies and other research suggest that there is a biological basis for transgender identity
323 words We All Win! Highest Court in Australia Rules, You Can’t Patent Human Genes
716 words Hawking says: “Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. But now science offers a more convincing explanation.”
278 words Northern fires caused almost a quarter of global forest loss, study shows.
1,592 words Higgs particle can disintegrate into particles of dark matter, according to new model
425 words Proof he’s the Science Guy: Bill Nye is changing his mind about GMOs - The Washington Post
295 words Bill Nye rejects racial divisions as unscientific: ‘We are all one species’
532 words World's challenges demand science changes—and fast, experts say
403 words Jury in on climate change, so stop using arguments of convenience and listen to experts