After drastic cuts to the NIH, the FDA, the NSF, and the DOE, NASA science faces down its smallest budget ever. All of society will suffer.

If we wish to tackle the very real problems society faces, we require expert-level knowledge. Valuing it starts earlier than we realize.

Astronomer Adam Frank reflects on some responses to his recent appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast.

It’s not a gambit. It’s not fraud. It’s not driven by opinion, prejudice, or bias. It's not unchallengeable. And it's more than facts alone.

"I grew up in New Jersey in the 1970s and that experience gave me everything I needed to become a skeptic."

If you've found yourself befuddled by extraordinary scientific-sounding claims, you're not alone. But this centuries-old lesson can help.

Pseudoscience is science’s shadow.

Many people perceive the struggle to understand our Universe as a battle between science and God. But this is a false dichotomy.

Most people have a distorted view of what being a scientist is like. Scientists need to make a greater effort to challenge stereotypes.

Developing an awareness of and an appreciation for science is what we all truly need, not what we've been doing.

Without these two elements, we’re doomed to fail. In this day and age, it’s virtually impossible to have sufficient expertise to figure out what the complete, comprehensive, scientifically validated truth surrounding […]