A parent reads a laminated page from the student created book “Misconception Manual: Where History & Science Got It Twisted” at the book release and exhibit opening. (Photo by Drew Sitton/Times of San ...

As a scientist heavily engaged in science communication, I’ve seen it all. People have come to my public talks to argue with me that the Big Bang never happened. People have sent me handwritten ...

It is an ethical responsibility to society for health professionals to both promote and practice evidence-based health care. Part of the mission to promote evidence-based health care also involves the ...

Robert Siegel talks with James Randi, founder of the James Randi Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization that seeks to debunk pseudoscientific claims. They discuss what scientists should be ...

Many states have passed legislation to protect their economies and their retirees, requiring that public funds be invested with financial institutions focused solely on financial performance, not ...

A friend of mine, who is otherwise quite rational in his perspectives on reality, has lately become obsessed with the idea that infinite sources of energy are available to humans that are being ...

Dr. Andrea Love is an immunologist and microbiologist and founder of Immunologic, a science and health education organization and newsletter geared toward addressing misinformation and misconceptions ...

In an article titled "A Meta-analysis of Correction Effects in Science-Relevant Misinformation" published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, University of Pennsylvania social psychologists and ...

They say that in medieval times, people didn’t believe in weather forecasts - according to legend, one of the dukes in a fit of anger ordered his court weather forecaster to be hanged right from the ...