Remember the story about the elephant seen from different perspectives? Here’s a twist. A biologist with a telescope peered at the animal and said, I see a hairy grayness horizon to horizon. A toenail ...

Although recognized more readily as a wellspring of political and historical figures, the Historic Triangle has also birthed a steady stream of scientists across the years. This genealogy includes ...

Around the world, we are “witnessing an alarming rise in attempts to discredit, politicize or suppress scientific knowledge,” the Vatican says in a new Pontifical Academy of Sciences document ...

We are a society in desperate need of healing; these days, we cannot even find agreement in diagnosis. Consider the issue of vaccination, which raises the specter of science in conflict with ...

Joachim Frank, laureate in chemistry, receives his Nobel Prize from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, right, during the Nobel award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 10, 2017. As a scientist with ...

I touched a microscope for the very first time thanks to my teacher lugging them into our classroom at Winter Park High School. Once I saw those delicate onion cells close up, I was hooked on biology.

This is the time of year where we reflect back on the past and renew our hopes for the future. In doing so, we often fail to appreciate how much our environment influences and shapes our beliefs and ...