In the field of scientific research and exploration, accurate terminology selection is essential for efficient and effective communication. Nonetheless, a number of scientific terminologies are ...

To understand how academic science can be violated we must first understand the norms that determine how it should be successfully prosecuted. The work of the sociologist Robert K Merton is ...

But scientific communication, especially via the written word, is an integral skill. As such, scientists need to practice and develop their writing skills—from grammar and syntax to storytelling and ...

In other words, it “glues” them together. That feeling of numbness when an arm or leg has “gone to sleep” – is scientifically known as obdormition. Who knew? While we’re on the matter ...

But at the same time, a person with aphasia, who are sometimes unable to utter a single word, can still engage in an array of cognitive tasks fundamental to thought. Scientific American talked to ...

Uncertainty is a core tenet of science — researchers should be supported so they can communicate it with confidence to the ...

Yet decades' worth of scientific research consistently demonstrates that people are much better at remembering pictures than words. Recognition memory tests dating back to the 1950s found that people ...