The trial of John T. Scopes, a young high school teacher charged with violating Tennessee’s Butler Act by teaching the theory ...

It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled." — Mark Twain Ideas about our world have certainly changed over time. For example, people once thought that the earth was flat.

Historical Perspective Published: May 1999 A unifying concept: the history of cell theory Paolo Mazzarello Nature Cell Biology 1, E13–E15 (1999) Cite this article ...

Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...

The Big Bang Theory is an extremely popular sitcom, one that has kept us entertained with its depiction of scientists and ...

Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano cited several baseless conspiracy theories to support his proposed legislation.

Though The Big Bang Theory is an iconic sitcom that depicts the lives of scientists in academia, it is also guilty of ...

Galileo continued writing in conversational language for his landmark 1632 work, Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del ...

“Much of the new guidance is remarkably UNremarkable,” wrote Gretchen Goldman, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists ...

Everyone does have one or two favourite conspiracy theories. Among mine are that Marco Polo never did get to China, and that Donald Trump has not read an entire book in his adult life.

Around the world, we are “witnessing an alarming rise in attempts to discredit, politicize or suppress scientific knowledge,” the Vatican says in a new Pontifical Academy of Sciences document ...