The majority of Americans see science and religion in conflict, according to a Pew Research Center report. But as it turns out, when people are asked about their specific beliefs, they’re less likely ...

Much has been made about the predictable partisan split between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on issues of science and public policy. But what about their supporters? Can ...

I think that too much has been made of recent statements from Steve Jobs (Apple) and Bill Gates (Microsoft) on higher education. While Jobs stresses the importance of the liberal arts, Gates supports ...

A handful of nonprofit and for-profit groups are working to address what they see as a national education crisis: Too few of America's K-12 public schools actually teach computer science basics and ...

Technology has the potential to create opportunities, including within education. Students can learn, collaborate, research, and independently acquire knowledge from the Internet and other ...

Rick Perry has generated a lot of ink lately — for trumpeting his religious faith and for his attacks on evolution and global warming. I have no magic insight into the mind of the candidate jockeying ...

We may think we have an ability to be fair and impartial—to make decisions and judgments based on the weight of evidence. But unfortunately, we humans are all irrational. When faced with an ...

Sixty years ago, on May 7, 1959, physicist CP Snow delivered the Rede Lecture at the University of Cambridge. His central argument was that what he called "the intellectual life of the whole of ...