In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world. This week, the spotlight is on the scientific method: As the world scrambles to deal ...

This is the basis of the modern scientific method ... Popper’s definition of science is being sorely tested by the emergence of supposedly scientific ideas which seem to fail this test.

Choice A strikingly original treatise encompassing nearly the entire scope of the creative scientific ... project, or planning to advise one." Ecology "If I could slip one book through a time warp, ...

Uncertainty is a core tenet of science — researchers should be supported so they can communicate it with confidence to the ...

Top experts participate in our projects ... concepts that unify the study of science through their common application across science and engineering; scientific and engineering practices; and ...

High school science fairs can be a great way for students to gain hands-on STEM experience, which will help them stand out during college admissions.

“Science is a method for deciding whether what we choose ... he told me. We believe in scientific ideas not because we have truly evaluated all the evidence but because we feel an affinity ...

Science aims to develop a good explanation ... A prediction can be improved by adding the scientific reasoning behind the prediction. In this case it could be "as the size of a solar panel ...

Welcome to the Love Lab. Psychologists say that the scientific method — observation, hypothesis, experimentation, analysis and adjustment — should be applied to dating to stop singles from ...

During the pandemic, researcher Daniela Rößler couldn't go out, so she started looking around her for her next research ...

For the first time, researchers at Phoenix’s Barrow Neurological Institute have collected and displayed together the “manikins” published nearly 500 years ago by the 16th Century anatomist Andrea ...

Volunteers have been testing stretches of water in East Sussex and Kent after reduced biodiversity.