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We’re bombarded with pseudoscience every day—from social media conspiracy theories to politicians dismissing climate change with a snowball.
Exploring the depths and implications of Bloom's Taxonomy in learning.
The intricate world of adult learning theories and their real-world applications.
Foraging is a fun and sustainable way to connect with nature and enjoy fresh, local foods. Learn how to forage safely and ethically with this guide.
Dandelions are more than just weeds. Discover the benefits of dandelion tea.
Foraging for mushrooms is a fun and rewarding activity that can bring you closer to nature. It’s also a great way to find delicious and healthy ingredients for your meals. However, it can be a bit challenging to get started if you’re not familiar with the process — and there are seriously poisonous mushrooms out […]
Discover the exciting world of civil engineering and learn about the diverse responsibilities of a civil engineer.
Structural engineers keep our buildings going strong.
Brewing the perfect tea is as much an art as it is a science.
Soap making is one of those science experiments you can do at home that will almost always work if you know what you're doing.
Here's how to do science.
These fun science facts will keep you scrolling for more.
Christmas is just around the corner, and the good old Christmas tree is one of the most enjoyable traditions of the holiday season. Thankfully, more and more people are starting to realize that cutting a tree and ultimately throwing it in the street or in the dump is not the way to go if you […]
Thought the two meant the same thing? Think again.
There are people who can convince you that you are living in a parallel universe created by CERN and ruled by secret societies.
The Law of Attraction has been described as a fundamental universal law akin to gravity. But that's just wrong.
From detective work to science, both types of reasoning can prove invaluable.
Get smarter every day by reading this fine selection of hand-picked science websites.
The invention of modern school system was one of the biggest achievements in human history -- but there's still a lot of room for progress.
Formulating a good hypothesis is the backbone of the scientific method.
Let's look at what sanitizer does and how you can make your own.
There are a lot of myths that have convinced people to resist vaccination -- don't be fooled.
Sometimes there's a fine line between what's scientific and what's just fantasy.
In science, there's no room for certainty. But we can get close enough by using statistical significance.
You'll never know what's written in the stars for you if you can't read them.
Fake news before it was cool.
It's simple, cheap, and very very healthy!
DIY for the holidays!
The whole world is your laboratory.
If more people composted then we'd enjoy better soils, more productive gardens and better food.
In the early 1900s, cigarettes were living their golden years - something which millions of lungs regretted. But you can't charge the smoking industry of not being creative. Back in the day, manufactures used to insert stiffening cards into their paper cigarette packs, to make them more sturdy and last more; not long after that, companies started printing all sorts of quotes, trivia, artwork, and... life hacks.
Vodka is awesome because it, along with moonshine, is probably the simplest spirit to make.
There's no "gene for" anything, and there is no "gold standard" or "scientific method" - you're using all those terms wrong.
Limericks are a very specific type of poetry that emerged in England in the early years of the 18th century. It was popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century although curiously, he didn’t coin the term “limerick”, and we don’t know where it came from. Your units are wrong! cried the teacher. Your church weighs […]
With all the information floating around on the internet, it's sometimes hard to figure out if something is real or not. These are some of those things - real, but crazy enough to make you go "what?!".
The world (and especially the internet) is riddled with false information and misconceptions - it's time to set this straight. Here, we'll debunk some of the most common misconceptions and also cite the real, scientific information. So, here are things which most people believe, but are actually wrong:
So, what's the future going to look like ten years from now? What's the next big thing? Genomics, big data, nanotech, a Martian colony and nuclear fusion, to name a few.
It's one of the coolest experiments you can make easily at home
Scientific publishing is a competitive environment, under heavy scrutiny from reviewers, editor and peers. Over the years, some studies get retracted, and that’s not a bad thing in itself; a study can be retracted because more data is available, disproving it, or because a human or technical error snuck in – that’s perfectly understandable, and […]
A Montana family came perilously close to a grizzly bear near Yellowstone Park in the US when it jumped on the hood of their car. The family stayed in their car, kept the windows closed, and eventually the bear got bored and wandered off. But what happens if you don't have the safety of a vehicle?
A soap bubble is a very thin sheet of water sandwiched between two layers of soap molecules. They are an evanescent childish wonder, but also hold some valuable mathematical and physical insights: let’s have a look at the science of soap bubbles. We see them as fun and childish, blowing them around in the summer, but […]
The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and citizen scientists… do citizen science! In case you’re not familiar with the concept, citizen science are activities supported (or sponsored) by universities, organizations, institutes or governments through which everyone can provide meaningful scientific contributions. Activities can vary greatly (from counting birds to analyzing galaxy clusters), and […]
Science journal today seem to be dominated by positive results - that is those that are statistically significant and lead to a dramatic finding. The devil's in the details they say, and the same hold true for the advances of science. While it's true that groundbreaking research is what leads to leaps, these jumps are often ambiguous. Hundreds of other papers - some which control tidbits, other that replicate past findings - are paramount to filling in the blanks.
Things are not always as they seem.
The phantom time hypothesis is a conspiracy theory developed in the 1980s and 1990s which claims that periods of history, specifically that of Europe during the Early Middle Ages (AD 614–911), are either wrongly dated, or did not occur at all – and there was a general conspiracy to cover that up. When Dr. Hans-Ulrich Niemitz introduces his […]
Last week we described a study which concluded that homeopathy is nothing more than a placebo effect — it was just one of the many scientific studies which found the same thing. But many people swear by homeopathy and, judging from what’s happening in the comment section and our inbox, they feel very strongly about it. So […]
There’s no better way to foster interest in science and chemistry than seeing it in full, dazzling action. Most of the time, kids and young people wouldn’t really be all that interested in how chemistry works. They wouldn’t be particularly bothered about the different reactions you can get out of two different chemicals interacting with […]
Well you’ve probably all seen the Myth Busters. I’ve watched some episodes and loved most of them, so I’m hoping I can give them a hand. I haven’t watched all the episodes so if they (or anybody else) already took care of these myths well… oh well. The duck’s quack doesn’t echo This is one […]
