If by “modernism” we mean further development of science and the use of the scientific method to find answers to life’s most persistent questions, then yes,...
Those who are involved in science are concerned that American society is threated by misinformation. Of course, MAGA crowd, the antivaxxers, the climate deniers, etc. believe...
During the lives of us Boomers, science has completely or virtually eliminated smallpox, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, and whooping cough. Looks like the...
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If I were to show this to a science classroom of high school students who have B-or-better grades, the majority of them would understand instantly that...
As suggested at left, big money bets on science every single time. As Aesop noted 2500 years ago, “A fool and his money are soon parted.” ...
If you were tasked with identifying a trend in human civilization that extended from the Dark Ages into the 21st Century, you might choose the development...
This from right-wing TV anchor Candace Owens: ‘Listen. I’m not a flat-earther. I’m not a round-earther.’ Actually, what I am is, I am somebody who has...
This is a point I make frequently, that our understanding of the universe is a one-way street, away from religion and in the direction of science....
This from Norm Ornstein, emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Washington, D.C., conservative think tank. Good for a conservative to put science in...