In "So Very Small," author Thomas Levenson recounts the complex history of how humans came to discover germs and the ...

President Donald Trump, by virtue of winning a second term and so dramatically reshaping the country and the world, can now ...

The section is titled "Miasma vs. Germ Theory," in the chapter "The White Man's Burden." But, we did reach out to Health and Human Services to ask how Kennedy's disbelief in germ theory influences ...

Now it all makes sense, though — RFK doesn't believe germs are real. In that chapter, Kennedy wrote, "'Miasma theory' emphasizes preventing disease by fortifying the immune system through ...

Research aiming to answer the great mystery of how consciousness arises is continuing to spark debate, with arguments over ...

What makes humans conscious? Scientists disagree, strongly, as one group of peacemakers discovered the hard way.

When it comes to consciousness, theories are like toothbrushes. Everybody has their own and nobody wants to use anybody ...

The prisoner’s dilemma is a common game theory example and is often used to showcase the effect of the Nash equilibrium. The Nash equilibrium is often discussed in conjunction with the dominant ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics ...

Writing about theory can be difficult because it requires expressing abstract concepts and connecting them to specific evidence or ‘real world’ examples. Theories are critical in your journey into ...

Steadily growing applications of game theory in modern science (including psychology, biology and economics) require sources to provide rapid access in both classical tools and recent developments to ...