How did science get started? A few years back, we looked at one answer to that question in the form of a book called The Invention of Science. In it, British historian David Wootton places the origin ...

Books & the Arts / A new history examines the long history of a radical and sometimes conservative concept. Peter E. Gordon ...

Steve Jobs saw it coming. “I think the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be at the intersection of biology and technology,” he said. “A new era is beginning.” Data scientists are catalyzing ...

Conceptions of the scientific revolution from Bacon to Butterfield : a preliminary sketch / David C. Lindberg -- Conceptions of science in the Scientific Revolution / Ernan McMullin -- Metaphysics and ...

Original broadcast date: January 7, 2022. New innovations in gene and stem cell technology have the power to shape ecosystems and even change humanity. This hour, TED speakers share the breakthroughs ...

The idea of democratising science can refer to different things. For example, by ‘democratising science’ one may refer to the ...

In recent years, social psychology and science overall have been undergoing a "credibility revolution" with a grassroots "open science" movement aiming to promote significant changes to the scientific ...

Was the scientist Isaac Newton a grandfather of the American Revolution? When Newton published his revolutionary new theories of gravity and motion way back in 1687, I’m sure he didn’t expect it to ...

From the 2014 Milken Institute Global Conference, the presentation below includes a panel discussion led by Tim O’Reilly of O’Reilly Media. The panel includes representatives from companies like ...