The dominant theme in early September 2026 is science moving simultaneously towards much larger observational systems and much finer biological resolution. Roman will survey billions of galaxies, LZ is searching for extraordinarily rare particle interactions, and millennium-long climate records are … Read More
Reality seems obvious until we try to define it. A table feels solid. Pain feels immediate. A dream can feel true while it lasts. A scientific theory can describe things no one has ever seen directly, yet still predict the … Read More
Climate science’s new red alert: the world has just logged its hottest 11-year stretch on record The most consequential science headline of the week is not a single experiment but a planetary status update. The World Meteorological Organization’s State of … Read More
Physics is the branch of science that studies how the universe works. It tries to explain matter, energy, motion, force, space, and time. From the movement of planets to the behavior of tiny particles, physics helps us understand the rules … Read More
Sfetcu, Nicolae (2025). ”The Books on the History of Science: Global Evolution, Romanian Contributions, and Perspectives”, in Index Academic, I 2025, DOI: 10.58679/IA18613, https://www.indexacademic.ro/pdf/the-books-on-the-history-of-science/ Abstract The field of history of science has evolved from a niche scholarly pursuit into … Read More
Does God exist? People have been arguing about this for as long as we’ve had language, stories, and stars overhead to wonder about. There’s no single answer that every reasonable person agrees on, and that’s exactly what makes the question … Read More
(The Anticitera mechanism, an analog computer built in Antigua to predict astronomical positions and eclipses. Algunas de las ciencias de las primeras civilizaciones fueron la astronomy y las mathematics) The history of science is the study of the evolution of … Read More
Scientific disciplines (also called ”branches of science”, “sciences” or “fields of science”) are subdivisions of science and branches of knowledge that use a rigorous and systematic method to study a particular area of knowledge. Scientific disciplines are characterized by the … Read More
Sfetcu, Nicolae (2022). Future of Science – Science of Science, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13183.69285, in Telework: https://www.telework.ro/en/future-of-science-science-of-science/ Abstract What will science look like in the near future? First, very closely coupled with, even dependent on, technology. Second, three factors will strongly … Read More
Epistemology The term “epistemology” replaced that of philosophy of science at the beginning of the 20th century. It is a neologism constructed by James Frederick Ferrier, in his work Institutes of metaphysics (1854). The word is composed on the Greek … Read More
Naturalism and natural sciences Relationship to science The naturalist perspective leads to accord philosophy to the data of the natural sciences. This agreement implies three types of requirements for the philosophy: Scientific data must be integrated into philosophical reflection; Philosophical … Read More
(Hiroshima) The ethics of science is concerned with the ethical aspects of scientific research. This relates both to ethical standards within the sciences and to the social impact of the research process. The research ethics deals with the ethical principles of research and the tension between research … Read More
