But there is another useful way to think about the value of scientific knowledge, which is as a public good. The public goods characteristic of ideas and knowledge – that they are freely available to ...

A scientific revolution, though, involves more than simply stating, “this old thing is wrong!” That's simply the very first step. It may be a necessary part of a revolution, but it's woefully ...

The volume of knowledge is vast and growing quickly: The number of scientific articles posted on arXiv (the largest and most popular preprint server) in 2021 is expected to reach 190,000—and ...

PHYSICS: Learning and Scientific Reasoning Science, 323 (5914), 586-587 DOI: 10.1126/science.1167740 More on education: When learning maths, abstract symbols work better than real-world examples ...

The relationship between science, psychology, and the human psyche is puzzling. UTOK, the Unified Theory of Knowledge, is a system that can help us make sense of the confusion.

Building scientific knowledge related to water resources depends also on the ability of the global water community to identify interlinkages, cooperate and work towards common goals.

Researchers note that conventional learning algorithms often do not incorporate existing scientific knowledge or hypotheses. Instead, these rely heavily on large, unbiased datasets, which can be ...