It has been suggested that approximately five exabytes (i.e. about 5,000,000,000 pickup truck beds full of information typed on paper) of data are created each day. What is tougher to decipher is how ...

Uncle Bill has an opinion on everything and his advice is free. Following it may cost you.

The biggest lie those who create and spread misinformation perpetrate is that they want you to think for yourself. They warn their target audience not to be "sheep" and not to let themselves be told ...

The Internet is teeming with crazies, jerks, and blowhards; and in online forums, debaters are full of passionate intensity. Peruse the comments area on any popular blog, and you’ll find more ...

In today’s tech-driven economy, data is essential for gaining new insights, making decisions, and building products. In fact, there is so much data out there, that the quantity of it is doubling every ...

We need science more than ever, yet many people find it hard to get accurate information about the scientific method and its achievements. Making things more difficult, their misconceptions about ...

The scientific method is the best system we have for discerning reality, but its mortal adherents are not immune from making mistakes. Though scientists do their best to shirk off the flawed modes of ...