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Rejection of mainstream science and medicine has become a key feature of the political right in the U.S. and increasingly around the world
Despite a long list of supremely qualified people who could inspire a whole new generation of scientists, the glass ceiling in American science remains intact.
Scientists' creativity, entrepreneurialism and grasp of the complexity of the world are crucial attributes.
Here’s what the Biden-Harris administration can do to repair the damage Trump has done.
From a human-made virus to vaccine conspiracy theories, we rounded up the most insidious false claims about the pandemic
The unexpected atmospheric detection of phosphine, a smelly gas made by microbes on Earth, could spark a revolution in astrobiology.
Letting the rich pay for science that interests them is a bad idea—even if they aren’t convicted sex offenders.
How the words we use have evolved over the past 175 years.
It’s not the first time masculine ideology has driven resistance to a public health initiative.
Ignoring science's legacy of racism or a wider culture shaped by white supremacy doesn't make scientists "objective".
Competition and conflicts of interest distort too many medical findings
The virus doesn’t follow the news and doesn’t care about Twitter. This article proposes that reporting should distinguish between at least three levels of information reliability.
Scientists use big data to understand what separates winners from losers
Current research trends resemble the early 21st century’s financial bubble. Let’s imagine what might happen if the rules of professional science evolved such that scientists were incentivized to publish as many papers as they could and if those who published many papers of poor scientific rigor were rewarded over those who published fewer papers of higher rigor?
Science today is facing what seem to be unrelated crises, issues and problems with the public. We tend to see science in terms of the science of the past, and its great achievements, whereas the way science is done, evaluated and made accountable, no longer fits its historical image.
Data-visualization techniques can clarify the uncertainty in information or make it more confusing if not implemented well.
Tensions are rising as Jair Bolsonaro’s administration questions the work of government scientists and institutes debilitating cuts to research funding.
It may not make headlines, but there’s a lot of evidence that it’s happening in the chilling environment the Trump administration has created.
But only because we have had access to health care, emotional support and institutional backing.
The public pays taxes to support research; they should be able to access the results
We need to let non-scientists know that science isn't based on "proof," but rather on the practice of testing and checking one another's work.
