Microbiome hype is relatively new, but the idea that some microbial ecosystems help, not hinder us, is much older than many people realise.

The search for dark matter and clues to its identity has reached epic proportions, but is dark matter a satisfying paradigm?

Two paleontology outsiders, a father and a son, changed the narrative around mass extinctions. But did they remake paleontology?

The “cognitive revolution” may not have represented a paradigm shift, but it forever changed how we think about thinking

20th century genetics operated under Central Dogma. But its successor, genomics, has a messier story.

Should research forever be kept behind lock and key in paywalled journals, or will the open access movement disrupt the classic model of scientific publishing?

The rise of ‘citizen science’ seems meteoric, making headlines across countries and disciplines as a modern revolution for science. But is it truly a revolution — and is it even new?

The theory of plate tectonics is the geosciences’ grand unifying theory, but it was discovered in bits and pieces. So does it count as a scientific revolution?

You say you want a revolution? Well, you know... We all want to change the world. But few scientific ideas fit Thomas Kuhn’s original definition of a paradigm shift.