People don't learn science in movies. You don't go to the movies thinking, 'I hope I learn some quantum mechanics this afternoon.'... →
Seth Shostak
It's worth noting that invoking God as the entity who set our universe in motion isn't contradicted by the data. Of course, scientists would... →
The split between religion and science is relatively new. Isaac Newton, who first worked out the laws by which gravity held the planets and even the... →
Everything you see is filtered through your visual system (imperfect) and your brain (also imperfect, despite what your mom told you). Witness... →
It seems obvious that if a species has the brainpower for speech, along with the sort of appendages that can manipulate a pair of pliers, it will... →
Look, science is hard, it has a reputation of being hard, and the facts are, it is hard, and that's the result of 400 years of science, right? I... →
The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born in a rarified realm... →
You may not see massive UFO exhibits at your local science museum, but there's no dearth of saucer stories infesting my email. Every day, I... →
I think a lot of kids are interested in two science subjects: dinosaurs and aliens. The reason is almost genetic; we're hard-wired to be... →
In the 19th century, if you had a basement lab, you could make major scientific discoveries in your own home. Right? Because there was all this... →