True to this definition, science aims for measurable results through testing and analysis, a process known as the scientific method. Science is based on fact, not opinion or preferences.

The Claim. There are widespread claims on social media that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary changed their definition of vaccine in 2021 ...

Website. Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction For sci fi fans who enjoy getting lost in internet rabbit holes. Katherine Mangu-Ward | From the May 2021 issue ...

The science fiction dictionary grew out of the Science Fiction Citations Project, a crowdsourced effort initiated in 2001 by the O.E.D. and managed by Sheidlower.

Re “Anthropology a Science? Statement Deepens a Rift” (news article, Dec. 10): From my perspective as editor in chief of American Anthropologist, the flagship journal of the American ...

The dictionary documents the “core” vocabulary of science fiction that turns up again and again, both in stories and in the real world. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via public domain ...

In early 2017, the two of us, along with a few others, refreshed the debate on the definition of planet in scientific nomenclature. The International Astronomical Union’s (IAU) historic ...