The scientific process is the most effective method humans have for learning about the natural world, yet there remain numerous misconceptions about its application, even among scientists. Over at ...

Like infectious diseases, ideas in the academic world are contagious. But why some travel far and wide while equally good ones remain in relative obscurity has been a mystery. Now a team of computer ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new NSTA Press book is designed to motivate students in grades 6–12 to ask not just “Why?” but also “How do we know?” Reading Nature: Engaging Biology Students With ...

Host David Kestenbaum talks with physicist Robert Ehrlich about his book, Nine Crazy Ideas in Science: A Few Might Even Be True. Ehrlich goes to the edge of science in his book, considering the ...

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During World War I someone offered the British Government a chemical which, he said, would freeze clouds solid. Guns could then be mounted on the clouds, to ward off airplane attacks. So many ideas of ...

National Science Day is celebrated every year on February 28 in commemoration of the discovery of the 'Raman Effect' by the genius scientist Sir C.V. Raman. The theme for National Science Day, NSD ...