You probably use science words every day without thinking twice about them. Someone might tell you they have a theory about why traffic was terrible, or a company might brag about making a quantum ...

Many phrases and words have different meanings in science than they do when spoken by the general public. Some scientists argue that the misunderstood terms should simply be replaced, but that just ...

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We all do our best to be accurate, responsible users of the English language, but despite our best intentions, we’ve all had the occasional slip up ("literally" or "ironic", anyone?) It's particularly ...

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