From vaccines to semiconductors, the scientific method made the U.S. a superpower. Abandoning it could reverse decades of ...

We usually think of journalists as bringing us news about politics and world events. Analyzing a presidential election or an ongoing scandal helps inform us and holds powerful figures accountable on ...

We often talk about science as if it were a purely logical enterprise. Yet, the way we ask questions—and even the kind of questions we think matter—is shaped by something far older than the scientific ...

Science is under attack. As the new administration moves aggressively toward implementing its policies, the entire field could find itself the victim of decisions by individuals who lack the knowledge ...

If you are glued to the Olympic coverage as I am, you are seeing the commercial from Eli Lilly and Company. Lilly's advertisement uses the scientific method as a narrative frame, drawing a parallel ...

A lot of ink has been spilled on the question of what will ultimately win: the scientific method, an approach to learning about the world by coming up with theories and testing those theories against ...

Nearly 50% of Americans believe we are losing ground in scientific achievement worldwide, according to a recent Pew Research report. This comes on the heels of the Trump administration’s massive ...

Modern health research has entered a phase of rapid transformation where scientific knowledge is not only expanding but ...

Michael Shermer got his first clue that things were changing at Scientific American in late 2018. The author had been writing his “Skeptic” column for the magazine since 2001. His monthly essays, ...

What Noubar Afeyan eloquently describes in his Jan. 29 op-ed, in defense of the scientific method, “Science at risk: Massachusetts must lead the fight for facts,” is what fascism looks like, plain and ...