We don’t have this down to a science. Americans are ignorant about what’s going on in the scientific world, be it new health studies, climate change news or information on genetically modified ...

Science, with its emphasis on public facts, gives us a model for answering many of the most important questions we face as a society. Adam Frank asks: Given our needs, tell me, what's the alternative?

Perhaps a biology lesson should start with: “We have many senses, here are the five we are going to learn about.” Or a sentence dropped in here and there that mentions the existence of more ...

Cognitive biases and brain biology help explain why facts don’t change minds ...

This depends on whether they received a solid science education, and thus it is not surprising that the quality of science and math teaching are once again the subject of intense scrutiny.