“LORD, what fools these mortals be,” quotes the reader as he lays down Prof. Hering's book “Foibles and Fallacies of Science.” Astrology, the transmutation of metals, perpetual motion, divination, ...

In 2004, the Havasupai tribe filed a lawsuit against Arizona State University for misuse of their members’ DNA samples. The legal action was prompted by the discovery that the Havasupai’s blood had ...

In his new book Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease, endocrinologist and obesity doc Robert Lustig deconstructs the mythology of fat. He says exercise, for ...

Ardent practitioners of scientific thinking are probably aware of many of these fallacies and can point out when an opponent succumbs to one during a debate. However, the human mind is the irrational ...

Thomas R. DeGregori’s Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate is a science book written by a genius for non-genius scientists as well as laymen interested in understanding how the world works. It ...

Dr. Jo Handelsman, Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks at the Young Women Empowering Communities: Champions of Change event in Washington, ...

A new study looks at how teachers and students use technology inside and outside the classroom. It turns out that members of today's younger Net Generation aren't more tech savvy than their teachers ...

Congressman Eric Cantor is encouraging people to submit "frivolous" grants from the National Science Foundation to his website so that they can become a target of budget cuts. Here is what he's ...