Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the 13th hour of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing Tuesday, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., asked the Supreme ...

In 2008, the National Academy of Sciences put forth a textbook-ish definition of "science": "The use of evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena, as well as the ...

Left … right … where’s the centre? Flickr/Mike Leary , CC BY-NC-ND There was a bit of talk over the last election cycle, expressed in the usual language of ...

The common use of "tentative" is generally regarded as a negative adjective, roughly synonymous with indecisive. In contrast, it's widely considered to be a strength of science. A major legal decision ...

In a very early science confrontation, Galileo recanted his view about the Earth’s movement. Fast forward to today. “Climate deniers are right-wing nuts” and “tree huggers fear genetically modified ...

Science Fiction has a wide variety of sub-genres, with Hard Sci-Fi being a big fan favorite. One of the best eras for hard sci-fi movies was the 70s. From films like Alien to Solaris, countless of the ...

As life-preserving medical technology advanced in the second half of the 20th century, doctors and families were faced with a thorny decision, one with weighty legal and moral implications: How should ...

After the decision in November that deemed genetically engineered salmon safe for eating — the first animal to garner such approval — the Food and Drug Administration is now treading regulatory water.

We are at a critical time and supporting science journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen scientific ...

Sci-fi is exactly like rock music. Depending on who you ask, different people believe different definitions of science fiction apply. For most, concocting the secret formula for "real" science fiction ...

The Trump administration intends to legally define sex as strictly male or female. But the science says that sex can be quite varied -- and not so easily boxed into a narrow category. But herein lies ...

Carl Sagan famously defined science by saying, “Science, more than a body of knowledge, is a way of thinking.” How do you define science? Whether your definition is borrowed from someone else or one ...