The history of both concepts reveals how modern science landed at the idea that race was invented by people, not nature. At ...

As Martin Brookes writes in his engaging Fly: The Unsung Hero of 20th-Century Science, Morgan realized the lowly fruit fly offered his team a chance to study evolution in fast-forward mode.

We see here that the methods of science are often developed to answer ... chapters is that of the conflict between Pearson, the 20th-century survivor of the 19th-century triumvirate who ...

In the early part of the 20th century, American science fiction tended to present a positive image of a future in which scientific progress had made the world a better place. By mid-century ...

What does science get us? That’s always the question ... Without Albert Einstein musing in the early 20th century on the weightlessness felt by a person in freefall inside an elevator, we ...

The following aspects of our lifestyle can lead to some forms of cancer, heart disease and mental health problems: By the end of the 20th century, it was also understood that some diseases ...

Her favorite projects involve sharing the insights of science and medicine. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. David Hogness, a biochemist, geneticist, and developmental biologist ...