Yet Crick was not afraid to be wrong. Before settling on the double helix, he proposed a triple one. He published an ...

This wonderful book on the life of Alexander von Humboldt, is something you’ll prize even if you don’t know a weed from a willow. Humboldt was “the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the ...

When the legends of physics such as Galileo, Newton and Faraday were driving forward our knowledge of the Universe, they did so with simple tabletop equipment, working in small basement laboratories.

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I am amazed with all this global warming or climate change. We have scientists on both sides and depending on who you believe, you will accept their point of view.

The popularity of superhero stories has reached an all-time high over the last decade, and their legendary tales are the culmination of all the major genres that came before. Westerns, samurai tales, ...

After four decades of research, a scientist returns to the Amazon in an effort to change the behavior that has lead to years of environmental crisis.

The next global volcanic disaster is likely to come from a volcano that appears dormant, writes Mike Cassidy of The ...