3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (371+ words) “Dear Dr Musterfrau, I came across your paper and thought your work could make a real impact if shared beyond academia.” Any researcher who publishes academic work these days is surely familiar with this kind of emails flooding their inboxes....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (29+ words) Dr Swaminathan said the majority of the world’s population trusts science. However, there is a minority, a growing one that is very vocal and anti-science, spreading misinformation....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (496+ words) A couple years ago I reported on some of Jim Tour’s debates and how they raise the question of how non-experts can determine who is right during complex scientific debates. As I explained, a few years ago, I received an…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1111+ words) Submission by Lynne M. Taylor First, the “Decade of Science” isn’t really a single 10-year span. According to UNESCO, the years 2024–2033 are deemed THE decade. However, as we’ve seen, the agenda that has used science as a weapon is much, much…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (356+ words) Quillette Every day, a Facebook user in Munich—and across the European Union—is likely to see at least one post with a label attached that warns, “False: rated by independent fact-checkers.” Most will scroll by. But a Facebook user…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (401+ words) by Angela Wheeler | Apr 28, 2026 | Opinion A new edition of a science education manual for judges departs “sharply” from a “longstanding tradition of neutrality,” say three of America’s most distinguished physicists in a letter to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (336+ words) All of us can choose to consider facts, not vibes, in our next decision. One simple hack is go and look up some easily accessible peer-reviewed studies Today, it feels like the world is rejecting science again. Donald Trump calls…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1093+ words) Expert opinion from University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau The report is the latest in a series that relate to the “once in a generation” changes that have been rolling out in the last couple of years, affecting our publicly…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (930+ words) Thank you, Judy. I am delighted that The Nat and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences have collaborated on tonight’s program. I want to give a huge thank you to Judy and her staff for allowing us to be…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago   (451+ words) Bad Science The Free Press Clarification: This article has been updated to clarify that the Stanford Special Committee investigation concluded that Marc Tessier-Lavigne had not conducted fraudulent scientific research, and that the manipulation of data in the retracted papers he…...