The twentieth century swept away this facile illusion. Highly accurate experiments showed that Newton’s theory is mistaken in a very precise sense. The planet Mercury, for example, does not move ...

Early in the 20th century, as scientists investigated Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution, researchers relied upon a small menagerie of creatures, including aphids, frogs, toads, wild rats ...

Scientists from the early 20th century like Marie Curie made groundbreaking discoveries in ways that scientists today may be struggling to do. Artur Widak / Getty Images Get the Popular Science ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oulu, Finland has uncovered striking changes in the skull shape of wolves in Finland, Sweden and Norway, reflecting a major population turnover ...

Are UFO sightings a 20th-century phenomena, or did people report seeing them earlier in history? Skip to main content. ... Elana Spivack is a science writer based in New York City.

A new study shows that the oceans were less cold in the early 20th century (1900--1930) than previously thought. During this period the ocean appears too cold due to the way some measurements were ...

The MIT Press is rescuing early 20th-century science fiction from obscurity. The excerpts that follow might remind you of stories that came later. I’ve spent the past few years, on behalf of the ...

Early 20th-century Houston sowed seeds of medical future Ben Taub, Memorial Hermann trace roots to advances made in transitionary period By Mihir Zaveri , Reporter Updated June 12, 2016 8:34 p.m.