A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and ...

For years, some commentators have called for K-12 teachers to take on fake news, media literacy, or online misinformation by doubling down on critical thinking. This push for schools to do a better ...

One of the strangest facts in computer science is that it's really hard to generate true random numbers. For a computer, ...

Scientific progress depends upon costly programs of research and systems of education that compensate for humans’ problematic ...

The NASA Curiosity rover has detected the largest organic molecules found to date on Mars, opening a window into the red planet’s past. The newly detected compounds suggest complex organic chemistry ...

From misinformation as a silencing tool to Nobel-winning disasters, discover why questioning scientific consensus is both ...