Alex Berezow

My grandfather used to keep all sorts of things in the trunk of his car: Fishing gear, duct tape, aluminum foil, a large chain, a defused WWII hand grenade. When we asked why he squirreled away such a random ...

Most Americans don't think twice about workplace safety. Perhaps they should. In newly updated numbers for 2012, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 4,628 Americans met their demise while on the job.

Editor's Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. The original is here. The entire idea of democracy rests upon the notion that large groups of people will, more often than not,...

Editor's Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. The original is here. It has been long thought that one of the characteristics that makes humans unique is our ability to learn...

Editor's Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. The original is here. Ebola is one of the scariest viruses on Earth. Along with Marburg and a few other lesser known viruses, it is a...

Editor's Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. The original is here. You might recall from high school biology a scientist by the name of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. He proposed a...

The trouble with labeling everything a "fallacy" is that (1) not all poor reasoning is automatically fallacious, and (2) it implies that everybody would agree on everything if we could only think correctly.

The U.S. does have one thing in its favor: Inertia. The fact that we have been #1 for so long means that we will continue to live off of past success for several years to come. But, we can't live on fumes forever.

Not only is religion just as bad as an infectious disease, Mr. Dawkins also says it is a form of child abuse.

How are we supposed to communicate about science in an age when political partisanship and media hype dominate the 24/7 news cycle?