Science and society

Science is a human enterprise. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Scientific objectivity is a myth – cultural values ​​and beliefs always influence science and the people who do it

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New study claims: Science does not exist in a vacuum – culture, politics, and society shape the questions, research, and conclusions
A futuristic city. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Since then to space

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Science communication. Illustration: shutterstock

Scientists, speak clearly

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Friends - a common genetic source for dogs and humans that makes them sociable

The common genetic basis for social behavior in dogs and humans has been discovered

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Debating the theory of evolution in the classroom, science education versus religious belief. The image was prepared using DALEE in January 2025 and is not a scientific image

Why don't you want to learn evolution?

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Today, in educational institutions, students are not required to study evolution; The subject is offered in the biology curriculum as an optional chapter only. Why does the idea of ​​evolution arouse such strong opposition?
Dr. Cezana lectures at the committee using the robot Bob. Photo: Knesset Spokesperson

Retirees who have been counted have no choice but to work as Uber drivers for a much lower salary

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Dr. Ravi Mehta uses smoke and lasers to study the flow patterns around an Adidas Brazooka ball ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Photo: NASA Ames Research Center.

New calendar year: the 20 most viewed articles on the Hedaan site in the past year: World Cup, landing on a comet and women in science

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Confirmed. Photo: shutterstock

The equation that predicts happiness

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tips. Illustration: shutterstock

Health sciences - when does self-help really help? / Maya Shelwitz

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Astrology is seen as a science. Illustration: shutterstock

Americans support science, but many of them think astrology is science

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Science studies. Photo: shutterstock

The missing piece/ Dr. Liat Ben David

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Prof. Yoram Billo. Photo: The Hebrew University

Winner of the Israel Prize in the field of sociology and anthropology research 2013: Prof. Yoram Billo

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An exhibition as part of the Life Science Baltics 2012 conference. Returning scientists to Europe and curbing the brain drain. Photo: Avi Blizovsky, September 2012

The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize and marks a decade of fighting the brain drain

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. NASA head Charles Bolden (second from the right) during his visit to the aerospace industry against the background of the "Texar" satellite, Yossi Weiss, VP of the TAA and director of the Missile and Space Department (third from the left) and Aryeh Halzband, director of the space plant (first from the left).

The age at which the managers discover the highest professional vitality at work - age 50-60

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Dr. Liat Ben-David, CEO of the Wolf Foundation

Two cultures, one human society: on the third culture/ Dr. Liat Ben David

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The penalty for making a forbidden choice

Free will: everything is expected and permission is given.

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State of the Atmosphere and Climate Report 2010. From the NOAA website

In science there is no room for balancing opinions, part 2 - how to cover up global warming

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BBC broadcasting van. From Wikimedia Commons (CC license)

In science there is no place for a balance of opinions, part I - fair coverage or sticking to the truth?

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A sign prohibiting entry to those with a pacemaker

Are we becoming "post-human"?

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Prof. Bruce Levinstein, Department of Communication, Cornell University

The scientists must cooperate with the media for the benefit of science, for the benefit of their institution and for the benefit of society

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Prof. Zeev Sternhal. Creator: Ido Kenan. See link to the source of the image at the end of the article

We came to banish darkness: a conversation with Prof. Zeev Sternhal

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Julia. was suspected of being Darwin's missing link

The woman who was Darwin's missing link

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Lysenko tropes - the most famous example of foreign and harmful influences on science

The limits of rationality in science

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Brett Taylor, the director of development at Facebook, wants to adapt the Internet to what the user really wants. Photo: MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

social index

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Homo erectus, the last link in the chain before Homo sapiens

The voice of the skeptic - the science of good and evil / Michael Shermer

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The oldest modern human teeth discovered in Kesem Cave. Photo: Israel Hershkovitz, Tel Aviv University

Why did the ancient man from the beginning of the eye cause a storm on the Internet?

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The symbol of academic freedom of the Central University of Manila

Brainwashing - on freedom of speech and academic freedom / Yitzhak Farnes

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Lottery participation ticket of the Israel Lottery (right) and a form for the participant to choose the lottery numbers (left)

Lottery coincidence: wild exaggeration

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Facebook.

The future of the global information revolution

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Eli Yishai (photo from 2002)

My conversation with Eli Yishai

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bull

About the fattest cow that saved the honor of democracy, and the tweets that predicted the future of the stock market

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the guru Ray Kurzweil's ideas on the exponential acceleration of technologies, especially artificial intelligence and life extension, have made him an intellectual hero among certain technologically minded communities. All rights reserved to Popular Sceicne

Greetings from the future camp

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A woman reads a book in the form of a codex. A wall painting from Pompeii, before 70 AD

Facts are a silly thing - if they are not part of a story

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Leviathan

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

The public appreciates science, despite the differences on issues such as evolution and global warming

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Inside the head of the exceptional

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

The witch trials of the 20th century

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

How I stopped hating and started loving traffic jams

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Did Feynman regret his part in the development of the atomic bomb? In a new book: "The joy of discovering things

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

The Value of Science, by Richard Feynman

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