Image source   Opinion: Vidyaguy As a scientist with many years in many disciplines, my experience is that "most scientists" are subject to the same limitations that hamper the general public. Further, their experience and expertise tends to be too narrow; their opinions too strong relative to

  Image source   Celia Wexler is a senior Washington representative for the Center for Science and democracy in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), where she focuses on food and drug safety, protection for whistleblowers scientists and government transparency and accountability. She is the

A move to axe practical coursework from science A-level assessments in England goes against advice from the country’s most respected scientific bodies, a senior MP has warned. Ministers have pushed ahead with the plans against almost unanimous opposition from organisations such as the Royal Society

Today’s most popular religions all have one thing in common: a focus on morality. But the gods didn’t always care whether you are a bad person. Researchers have long puzzled over when and why religions moved away from a singular focus on ritual and began to encourage traits such as self-discipline,

Mars’ Gale Crater was probably once a lake fed by rivers roughly 3.5 billion years ago, mission scientists with NASA’s Curiosity rover announced December 8 at a news conference. “A lake is not a new idea,” said John Grotzinger, a Caltech planetary scientist. “That’s why the site was selected.” But