Putting batteries in a refrigerator or freezer to prolong their life and keep them fresh is a widely shared myth that’s been debunked by scientists and battery makers alike. The truth is, keeping ...

Misconceptions about the nature and practice of science abound and are sometimes even held by otherwise respectable practicing scientists themselves. I have dispelled some of them (misconceptions, not ...

A scientific theory is not a best guess or a hunch or speculation... it has nothing to do with the informal meaning of the term theory. A scientific theory results from a verified hypothesis and is a ...

Science education has come a long way in the past century. College graduates can rattle off facts about DNA, quantum physics, ...

A few misconceptions that irk me a great deal: a: Public has NO idea of sqrt relationship between accuracy and sample size in statistics, and thus has overly inflated expectations of the quality of ...

Just the facts may not be enough to overcome misinformation, a recent study indicates. In an experiment, 152 college students who had been exposed to misinformation read one of two articles intended ...

What does a statistical test result that is significant at the 5% level actually mean? For instance, when a basic independent means t-test yields a p-value of .03? Of course, a p-value is simply the ...

In two experiments, researchers have found that introducing people to "mental models" about how mRNA vaccination works and how the body protects itself from foreign DNA can preemptively or reactively ...