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Science has advanced enormously in the past 500 years, guided by experimental tests of theory and practice.  In that same time, science teaching and education—guided primarily by tradition and dogma—h...

Science has advanced enormously in the past 500 years, guided by experimental tests of theory and practice.  In that same time, science teaching and education—guided primarily by tradition and dogma—h...

Amazon.com: Science-Based Therapy: 9781009087940: Hupp, Stephen, Tolin, David F: Books

The chupacabra is a shapeshifter, changing its appearance according to the time and place it’s seen, and according to the beliefs of those who see it.

Hippocrates was soaking in the Grecian hot baths and advocating their health benefits about 2,500 years before scientists began studying heat therapy in the ...

It’s happened again. Back in 2014, I published a revision of my book Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition, and I included the famous German “l ...

Some moviegoers, during intense scenes of horror, dig their fingernails into the armrest of their seats and then nearly leap from those seats when the slash ...

I have missed working with my former colleagues since retiring from the classroom in June 2023. Fellow science teachers Ana and Eli and I often planned our ...

Most people agree that critical thinking is an important skill that should be taught in schools. And most educators think they teach critical thinking. I kn ...