10 Widely Believed Myths About Science

Science is the pursuit of facts. It is an encompassing subject that contains dozens of fields that we rely on in order to better understand the world around us (and the world inside us, for that matter). But science is always changing and what we thought was true yesterday might be proven false tomorrow. Unsurprisingly, this cursory nature has given rise to many myths and today we take a look at ten of them…


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