What is Science?
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What is the Scientific Method?
Have you ever read about a scientific discovery, and wondered, “How the heck can we possibly know?” Without a background understanding of the scientific method, that’s a difficult question to answer — because we first need to define what we…
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What is the Cosmological Principle?
What if I were to ask you: Are there any unique places in the universe? That is, does any one location in the universe have a special vantage point? Does the universe look different from different locations? You might say…
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Evidence vs. Belief
I remember something my ninth grade advanced biology teacher told our class. It was essentially a story about an invisible dragon. Now why, you ask, would a biology teacher teach us about an invisible dragon? Her message had nothing to…
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Pseudoscience: Astronomy vs. Astrology
I’m going to venture a guess that you’ve heard of astrology. As an astronomy enthusiast, I run into people who confuse astronomy with astrology all the time. They’re particularly prevalent at work (I don’t work among fellow astronomy geeks at…
