In March 1987 Dawn Gillott was admitted to Northampton General Hospital, in the U.K., seriously ill with pneumonia. After being placed in intensive care, the physicians decided to perform a ...

Thomas Mulligan examines the complex philosophical and scientific boundaries of color perception to show why objective ...

Before modern engineering, before calculus, before computers - these temples were built. And thousands of years later, science still struggles to explain how, or why, they work the way they do.

Compared with U.S. adults who identify with a religion, “nones” have a more positive view of science. At the same time, most “nones” say that there are some things science cannot explain and that ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...