Yes, but not in Germany
Scientists try to ask simple questions and to design a controlled experiment, with “all other things being equal.” It’s rarely possible.
The story of the bees
Articles Tagged with science communication
Proving nothing
Narrowing it down
Proving that something doesn’t exist is hard, though it can be done. More often, scientists work out more and more restrictions on the characteristics something can have, until the idea has no place left to hide.
Indirect arguments
Simple is not always true
A common feature of paradoxers is a confusion between a simple argument and a correct one.
Science and social science
Differences among the PhDs
Methods and results differ among the various sciences. This comes from differences in their subject matter and is not always understood, even by scientists.
Ways of learning and of avoiding it
Life is not a word problem
Our tutoring consultant continues to gain insights from his students.
The seasons are complicated
Normal science
Progress that doesn’t go viral
Some recent posts have addressed events in astronomy that have attracted attention from the general public. Our astronomer would like to explain something that you’ll probably never hear about.
Extremes
They need not actually be spectacular
Our astronomer, somewhat reluctantly, talks about the Supermoon
Science and the long shot
Why new discoveries are over-hyped
We often hear of new scientific results that promise great things, especially in the health field, but then hear no more of them. Most scientific ideas don’t work out. Why, then, do we still hear the hype?
It doesn’t look like that
The universe is photoshopped
Our astronomer points out that that pictures of outer space don’t actually show what you’d see if you went there.