Feature: Insert <discovery> here: the role of placeholders in science
The comments appear like clockwork every time there's a discussion of the Universe's dark side, for both dark matter and dark energy. At least some readers seem positively incensed by the idea that scientists can happily accept...
How computers and politics revolutionized the oldest science
Because of its immense practical value for agricultural societies, many early cultures developed something that resembled a science: the observational study of the motion of bodies around the solar system. Four hundred years ...
feature: How Mendel started genetics by getting it mostly wrong
Pity Gregor Mendel. Far enough ahead of his peers that his work wasn't appreciated in his own lifetime. When the world was finally ready to deal with his results, the...
