This is the basis of the modern scientific method. It blossomed in the 17th ... Times change, though. Popper’s definition of science is being sorely tested by the emergence of supposedly ...

This week, the spotlight is on the scientific method: As the world scrambles to deal with the spread of the coronavirus, scientists around the world are working hard trying to devise a vaccine.

The rise of 'omics' methods and data-driven research presents new possibilities for discovery but also stimulates disagreement over how science should be conducted and even how it should be defined.