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 ...

Current efforts to stifle scientific theories in school are reminiscent of the attacks on the teaching of the theory of evolution. (iStock / Getty Images Plus) Scientific theory has had a rough time ...

New results from the MicroBooNE experiment at Fermilab found no evidence of a hypothetical fourth flavor of neutrino ...

When meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposed in 1912 that continents drifted across Earth's surface, the scientific community wasn't just skeptical - they were downright hostile. Wegener's inability to ...

Beginning in the mid-20th century, Western intellectuals began dismantling the concept of objective truth. Postmodern ...

Most people know that anything defined as a theory contains an essential caveat. This is despite the fact that they’re widely assumed to be true. Sometimes, it’s something fairly obviously true that’s ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Amongst a flurry of questionable bills ...

In these audio interviews from NOVA Online, Barbara Forrest, a philosophy professor, and paleontologist Kevin Padian address the basis of a general misunderstanding of what a scientific theory is.

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...