In everyday usage, knowledge refers to awareness of or familiarity with various objects, events, ideas, or ways of doing things. But, as philosophers have noted for centuries, things get complicated ...

We’ve all heard that “knowledge is power,” often to the point where it seems like a cliche. While this phrase is originally attributed to the philosopher Francis Bacon, it has been repeated by many ...

Cardiff Metropolitan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Knowledge can take many forms. There is “knowledge by acquaintance”, as in knowing a person or place. There is ...

Test your science knowledge by taking the interactive quiz. The short quiz tests your knowledge of questions recently asked in a national poll. After completing the quiz, you can compare your score ...

It’s easy to think you’re a font of knowledge. And while you may have plenty of skills and expertise, it’s quite likely you know less than you think. If you consider yourself reasonably intelligent ...

Managers are bombarded with an almost constant stream of data every day. According to David Derbyshire, “Scientists have worked out exactly how much data is sent to a typical person in the course of a ...

We cannot pick up a magazine or surf the Internet without facing reminders of the challenges to health care and the “sorry state” of health systems. 1 All health care systems are faced with the ...