Current efforts to stifle scientific theories in school are reminiscent of the attacks on the teaching of the theory of evolution. (iStock / Getty Images Plus) Scientific theory has had a rough time ...

For decades, scientists, philosophers and science fiction writers have been fascinated by the idea of parallel universes — realms that may exist beyond our own, each potentially with its own version ...

In casual conversation, people often use the word theory to mean "hunch" or "guess": If you forget to put the bread in the breadbox and discover chunks have been taken out of it the next morning, you ...

Albert Einstein is known for his haircut, theories of relativity and belief that “the fact that [the physical world] is comprehensible is a miracle.” What he meant was that via science, math and our ...