Science Education

A century after the Scopes trial, hopeful prospects beckon for teaching the unifying principle of the biological sciences in the U.S.’s classrooms

Although warring MAGA factions seem locked in a foreign worker battle with no middle ground, two straightforward changes would provide global talent while minimizing domestic job losses

Two years of experimentation taught a Nashville guitarist not every musical myth makes sense

Anti-intellectualism is a prevalent and pernicious force in American public life. Stimulating interest in science may combat its influence

The presidential candidates differ on classroom censorship, school choice, federal funding for schools, and more

Training in symbolic logic is critical in many careers, for responsible citizenship and better lives. It is also an underexploited antidote to today’s bizarre conspiracy thinking

We discovered a strange rock in the Sahara we thought was a meterorite. Figuring out what it was grounded me back to Earth

Students should learn about both the natural world and human-made—or engineered—one we live in

A physicist, a philosopher and a psychologist are working together to bring better, smarter decision-making to the masses

AI can better education, not threaten it, if we learn some lessons from the adoption of the calculator into the classroom

A person-centric scientific conference demonstrates that gathering can counter the isolation of underrepresentation

It is imperative that we protect science education from “intelligent design” and other alternative “theories”