Behind the confident headlines about climate change, a different conversation unfolds in academic circles. There is a very intense debate going on among the climate scientist community about whether ...

You are taught early in science that oxygen on Earth comes from sunlight. Plants, algae, and cyanobacteria use light to split water and release oxygen, shaping the atmosphere and making complex life ...

If one is a psychologist or even has a passing interest in the field, one has likely encountered the question about whether psychology is truly a science or not. The debate has been prominent since ...

On Dec. 2, the Political Science Association at Eastern Illinois hosted a debate between the four main political groups on ...

In February 2023, Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot Bard claimed that the James Webb Space Telescope had captured the first image of a planet outside our solar system. It hadn’t. When ...

In election debates, language matters. So Scientific American reached out to a linguist for a professional analysis of the recent presidential and vice presidential debates. Nicole Holliday is an ...

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WILSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Textbooks appear to be a battleground for some local school boards. In Wilson County, a school board member claimed a book recommended by teachers had an “outdated view ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance faced off in New York for the 2024 vice presidential debate. In what could be the first and final showdown on the debate stage for the two campaigns ...