Something is either right or wrong. Right? Source: Jean-Christophe André/Pixels An essay in The New York Times, “Joe Rogan Is a Drop in the Ocean of Medical Misinformation,” made an excellent point in ...

Since at least the 1818 publication of Frankenstein, our imaginative little human selves have been dreading the moment when our inventions finally get the best of us. In pop culture, stories of ...

The result is a dynamic feedback loop: science inspires stories, and those stories in turn influence how science develops. Despite this, the role of pop culture is rarely acknowledged in how we think ...

Astrophysicist and author Hakeem Oluseyi talks with cosmologist Janna Levin in a new 10-episode podcast series, Particles of Thought, from GBH and the producers of NOVA. In August 2025, 2,171 ...

A revolution is quietly unfolding in the field of evolutionary biology, challenging entrenched paradigms and reshaping our understanding of how life evolves. The newly emerging Extended Evolutionary ...

Research by philosopher of science and Honorary Research Associate at Bangor University, Byron Hyde, looked at the role of transparency in fostering public trust in science. Hyde argues that, to find ...

A misleading image in a medical textbook could have life and death implications, but some disciplines can deploy myth and metaphor to convey their science through art. In the third episode of this six ...

Science is a method for generating knowledge about the way things work; it is not, by itself, a foolproof way of solving problems. Because words are imperfect tools even when used by scientists, we ...