We often talk about science as if it were a purely logical enterprise. Yet, the way we ask questions—and even the kind of questions we think matter—is shaped by something far older than the scientific ...

If my count is correct, we are now beginning the fifth wave of explanations — at least since I’ve been covering the issue — for the apparent slowdown in technological progress (whether measured by the ...

Scientists have taken a major step toward solving a long-standing mystery in particle physics, by finding no sign of the ...

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A structure that resembles a fractured bone called G359.13142- 0.20005, near the centre of our Galaxy. (NASA/CXC/NRF/SARAO/SAO et al. via SWNS) By Dean Murray Astronomers have discovered a likely ...

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That question — the deepest and most vexed issue posed by the theory — is still the subject of arguments a century old. Possible explanations for how observations of the world yield definite, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Although interest in them is clearly growing, most professional historians do not accept thought experiments as appropriate tools. Advocates ...