First, colloquial definitions of the word 'theory' are used to denigrate the place of evolution in the world of scientific knowledge. In science, an idea can be a theory and a fact at the same time.

The Big Bang Theory made science funny without trying too hard. It gave us a bunch of oddball geniuses who argued about ...

Lately, there have been many headlines about scientific fraud and journal article retractions. If this trend continues, it ...

The New York Times published an opinion column claiming the scientific community "badly misled" the public in an effort to suppress the theory that COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China, even ...

A scientific gentleman, in a recent conversation, broached to us a theory of taste and smell ... even though aided by the most powerful instruments science has been able to devise or art to ...