The distinction between ideas and activities that represent science and those that represent nonscience is usually clear; no one confuses physics with art or chemistry with poetry. Nevertheless, there are ideas and activities related to bodies of...

Pseudoscience is any alleged body of knowledge, methodology, belief, or practice that is claimed to be scientific or made to appear scientific but does not adhere to the scientific method.[1][2][3][4] The term comes from the Greek root pseudo- (false or...

Is the line between science and pseudoscience set arbitrarily by an often arrogant scientific elite? Henry Bauer, emeritus professor of chemistry and dean emeritus of social studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, believes that it is. While he doesn't claim that...

PSEUDOSCIENCE IS DEFINED AS "a theory, methodology, or practice that is considered to be without scientific foundation." It's commonly used to describe astrology and metaphysics, but if you take the term literally, it could describe a majority of the management philosophies we have...

When biologist Harriet Ball noticed that a popular vitamin B-enriched yogurt made by Nestle promised to "optimize the release of energy," she was suspicious.So she called the company and asked exactly how it worked.According to Ball, Nestle's representative said the yogurt would "get the optimum...

People in the U.S. know more about basic science today than they did two decades ago, good news that researchers say is tempered by an unsettling growth in the belief in pseudoscience such as astrology and visits by extraterrestrial aliens.In 1988 only about 10 percent...