Viewed as a symbol, consciousness is very much like many of the other grand ideas of science. An atom is not so much a thing as an idea, a symbol for matter’s ultimate constituents, and the ...

The names of all the elements discovered in the past half-century correspond pretty closely with their symbols—especially in English, which has emerged as the lingua franca of science.

The name nihonium with the symbol Nh for element 113 was proposed by the discoverers at RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science (Japan); the name came from Nihon which is one of the two ...

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science assessed the extinction risk and conservation status of all the world's national animal symbols. The 189 animal symbols assessed ranged from the ...

The medical symbol of serpents wrapped around a staff ... Remy Melina was a staff writer for Live Science from 2010 to 2012. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication from Hofstra ...

A small group of experts — including two from Washington state — is working to fill that gap with an open competition for an earth-shaking symbol that transcends language and culture.