How did science get started? A few years back, we looked at one answer to that question in the form of a book called The Invention of Science. In it, British historian David Wootton places the origin ...

Most of us are aware of the deep problems in the current US pharmaceutical industry. Yet few may realize that today’s issues stem from changes that occurred centuries ago. As I explain in The ...

Why are humans so complicated? We’ve mastered the talk, the art, the tech – but not the peace. Humanity can build anything except understanding. For all our progress, we’re still divided by color, ...

The canonical imperative : rethinking the Scientific Revolution / Margaret J. Osler -- Newton as final cause and first mover / B.J.T. Dobbs -- The Scientific Revolution reasserted / Richard S.

Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements for the Third Edition; The Scientific Revolution and the Historiography of Science; Renaissance and Revolution; The Scientific Method; Magic and the Origins of ...

The scientific revolution has increased our understanding of the world immensely and improved our lives immeasurably. Now, many argue that science as we know it could be rendered passé by artificial ...

In a four-part series, we examine the evolution of generative AI. What were the scientific and technological developments that turned the very first, clunky artificial neurons into the astonishingly ...

Was the scientist Isaac Newton a grandfather of the American Revolution? When Newton published his revolutionary new theories of gravity and motion way back in 1687, I’m sure he didn’t expect it to ...