Can a theory that isn’t completely testable still be useful to physics? What determines if an idea is legitimately scientific or not? This question has been debated by philosophers and historians of ...

Embedded within the laws of physics are roughly 30 numbers—including the masses of the elementary particles and the strengths of the fundamental forces—that must be specified to describe the universe ...

Tom Solomon receives funding from the National Science Foundation.. How does a scientific theory gain widespread acceptance in the scientific community? Why should the public and elected officials be ...

- capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation ...