A scientific theory is a structured explanation to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world that often incorporates a scientific hypothesis and scientific laws. The scientific ...

Theoretically speaking, there is widespread confusion about the word "theory." Right? Many people interpret the word as iffy knowledge, based mostly on speculative thinking. It is used ...

A theory never becomes a fact. It is an explanation of one or more facts. Many scientists, including the late Stephen Hawking, are happy to say that a theory never becomes a fact. It is always an ...

When asked the question, "What is a theory?" most of my students (regardless of age or educational level) respond with an explanation that is akin to "a reasonable, educated/informed guess." Indeed, ...

Early evolutionists believed that the genetic basis of adaptation was micromutational. This view was supported by Ronald Fisher's classical mathematical analysis (of 1930) of his 'geometric model' of ...

If we want to understand complex constructions, such as ourselves, assembly theory says we must account for the entire history of how such entities came to be. Life on other worlds — if it exists — ...