Science is all around us, shaping the way we understand the world and fueling countless innovations that improve our lives.

In Oct. 2011, respondents were shown the same group of symbols and asked to identify the symbol associated with Islam. Just 42% answered correctly (Crescent and Star, #2 in the graphic.) About a third ...

What symbol could possibly stand for all of science? Wolpe offers no suggestions, merely noting that it would have to be simple, versatile, instantly recognizable, and all-encompassing; “a ...

Since then, a corresponding March for Indigenous Science has grown into a burgeoning movement of its own, one aimed at increasing the visibility of indigenous science and traditional ecological ...

Science needs a universal symbol. In the face of irrational opposition, it's time for the scientific community to have its own bumper sticker. By Paul Root Wolpe.

Key points. In 1644, René Descartes, the father of modern philosophy, described a tree of knowledge. In 1997, I developed the Tree of Knowledge System but was unaware of Descartes' description.

On March 7, let's take action, affirming our support for science and defending free and enlightened knowledge, the only shield against anti-knowledge efforts and disinformation.

The approach aims to build students’ science content knowledge through literacy lessons. But it’s not just focused on acquiring facts.

But when students first learned the concept with abstract symbols, they were much more likely to transfer that knowledge, according to the study published in the April 25 issue of the journal Science.

The white Z, as seen above, has become a major pro-Russia symbol amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images. Professor Michael Clarke, former director for the think ...