The specialized meaning of science words can lead to public confusion when the media apply scientific terms out of context. A poignant example recently occurred when the media reported the Antarctic ...

Sterling Martin found that when he returned home to Shiprock while studying biochemistry at the University of Iowa, he had difficulty communicating his work to his family in their native tongue.

Growing up in the Navajo tradition, there was a distance between science and the culture. Project ENABLE was created to make scientific information accessible to Navajo communities. The Project ENABLE ...

Editor’s note: This post first appeared on Carl Cheo’s website. We’ve republished it here with his permission. To make learning more fun and interesting, here’s a list of important computer science ...

Alternatives to terms like “male” and “female” and “mother” and “father” should be sought in science because they assume that sex is binary and heterosexuality is the norm, a group of researchers from ...

It’s easy for me to suspend belief when I am watching an Avengers or Star Wars movie. However, whenever I watch a movie about weather or climate, the scientist in me is always lurking. My wife and I ...