It might have been the 16th century philosopher Francis Bacon who coined the term "science", but even if it wasn't, the word must have come into common usage around his time, in the western world at ...

Re “Anthropology a Science? Statement Deepens a Rift” (news article, Dec. 10): From my perspective as editor in chief of American Anthropologist, the flagship journal of the American Anthropological ...

WHAT is the difference between astronomy and astrology? That’s easy: astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects, while astrology is a load of hokum. Anyone with the most basic ...