The worst science word ever! Well, not ever, but currently. Go out on the street, stop the first person you see, and ask them what a hypothesis is. Here's what they'll say: ...

But those aren't the only science words that cause trouble, and simply replacing the words with others will just lead to new, widely misunderstood terms, several other scientists said.

Many phrases and words have different meanings in science than they do when spoken by the general public. Some scientists argue that the misunderstood terms should simply be replaced, but that ...

Hypothesis. Theory. Law. These scientific words get bandied about regularly, yet the general public usually gets their meaning wrong. Now, one scientist is arguing that people should do away with ...

But those aren't the only science words that cause trouble, and simply replacing the words with others will just lead to new, widely misunderstood terms, several other scientists said.

How The Word 'Scientist' Came To Be In 1834, Cambridge University historian and philosopher of science William Whewell coined the term "scientist" to replace such terms as "cultivators of science ...

Welcome to Words for Nerds, our popular and addictive daily science word game. Think of it as science Wordle—a guessing jumble for every nerd, especially the busy life scientist looking to get a ...

Here are the words putting science in the crosshairs of Trump’s orders. National Science Foundation staff have been combing through thousands of active science research projects, alongside a ...