Today the United States is faced with a serious crisis in scientific literacy and education. In the midst of debate over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, health care reform and the economy, this ...

What does avant-garde theater look like in 2023? There’s no reason to think that it should resemble the avant-garde in 1912 or 1935 or 1969. After all, what was cutting edge or transgressive then is ...

In October 1995, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson hadn’t yet become the pop culture science star he is today. Tyson was newly appointed as the interim director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York ...

Today's topic is global warming, but I need to first provide some personal background. I began my professional life as a jazz musician, obtaining a music degree in 1955, but was soon disappointed to ...

I am dismayed by the article on science illiteracy by Key Dismukes and John Jonides (“Project 2061: A Place To Start Educating The Public,” The Scientist, Aug. 7, 1989, page 11). Their argument is ...

The dangers of scientific illiteracy cannot be stated strongly enough. Yet, unfortunately, we live a world of dramatic and potentially incendiary clashes between scientific facts and ignorant opinions ...

In a recent letter to the editor, David Boone makes the statement, "If we can’t tell the difference between junk science and serious science, we need to go back to school." I feel he needs a chemistry ...