If you corner any science person who’s relatively online and into skin care, the discussion will almost inevitably turn toward the Lab Muffin Beauty Science blog. That’s because for many people, its ...

First blog installment, “Back to School, Back to Space,” features daily entries about teacher and astronaut Barbara Morgan’s trip to the International Space Station What is it like to go from zero to ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In an earlier blog post about Christopher ...

Good morning and welcome to the Live Science news blog. At Live Science we're a passionate bunch who love reading the latest research and how new discoveries are changing the world around us. We're ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Even now, on the heels of the March for ...

PZ Myers, who runs Pharyngula gave his endorsement for Bad Astronomy yesterday (November 7th) writing, "get out there and vote for Bad Astronomy for best science blog. The forces of stupidity have ...

Astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan had – and almost three decades after his untimely death, still has – a great many fans amongst the general public. Sagan's fellow scientists, on the ...

From freshly baked bread to a cup of coffee, food is a sensory experience that connects us all. When it comes to how our food is made, however, we rarely focus on the science that is used to create it ...

I don’t know about you but whenever I hear the word blog I picture some antisocial, opinionated yoyo with a Website spouting out opinions for the world to hear. I know that’s not fair in many cases, ...

The philosopher Karl Popper pointed out that most early practition­­ers of science were justificationists. They didn’t just seek out any old knowledge; they were on the hunt for justified knowledge.

In my last post, I asked why, if psychology was so interesting, scientific psychology PAPERS tend to be so boring? My conclusion: expecting a typical scientific paper to be interesting is like ...