History of Science

Religious dogma compromises Pope Francis's call for action on climate change by rejecting key solutions

Condeming one man's sexist comments is not enough; we also need to affect broader change for women in science

The British Nobel Prize-winner has complained that he's been treated unfairly, but it is the women he insulted that deserve sympathy and support

Countries' current pledges for greenhouse gas cuts will fail to achieve a peak in energy-related emissions by 2030 and likely result in a temperature rise of 2.6 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, the International Energy Agency said on Monday.

A graph that plots rising CO₂ over the decades has always been a lesser known icon in demonstrating the reality of global warming.

Autism and schizophrenia are related to different forms of creativity

Statistics have suggested a sharp increase in the number of American women dying as a complication of pregnancy since the late 1980s, but a closer look at the data hints that all is not as it seems

The grandson of the great physicist Niels Bohr describes the scientist’s life and work

John Horgan critiques biologist Jerry Coyne's new book Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible.

Black balls that litter the planet may prove the best marker for a new geologic epoch recognizing humanity's outsized impacts