Indeed, the myth of the martyred Galileo perfectly symbolizes the current division between science and faith. But the real Galileo, never tortured or excommunicated, remained a loyal Catholic ...

“Science asks questions, but the Bible gives the answers,” thundered Pope Urban VIII, verbalizing the view of many in Europe’s 16th and 17th centuries. While Galileo Galilei fancied himself a strong ...

For 44 years, it was a mystery as to how Jupiter’s most violent moon, Io, became so volcanically active. It […] ...

In different ways, each was a moment when the themes that Galileo represented—progress, science, reason—could be questioned. Would they triumph? Should they triumph? A critical questioning of ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, scientists and ethicists are pondering the question: how do we measure ...

A 2001 survey of past attempts to dispel the myth of Galileo as isolated pioneer, and to explore instead the intellectual, cultural and social contexts that substantially shaped Galilean science. In ...

The ‘Galileo gambit’ is a name, sometimes given to the suggestion that science is not open to criticism, but nothing could be ...

from elections to dangerous conflicts, we can lose sight of how long it can take for processes emerging now to play out over time. I was reminded of this last week when, during a science-based visit ...

GALILEO: Good morning, guys, I hope you're having a lovely day. I am Galileo Galilei, a scientist from Italy and I am the man who is making some exciting discoveries around force and I am here ...

A particular feature of the volume is the treatment of Galileo's relationship with the Church. It will be of particular interest to philosophers, historians of science, cultural historians and those ...