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To Restore Trust in Science, Scientists Should Focus on Storytelling

To Restore Trust in Science, Scientists Should Focus on Storytelling

Holden Thorp, PhD, top editor at Science, discusses the essential role of front-line doctors, the power of well-told stories, and the value of admitting error.

Conspiracy Theories As Engines of Connection for Enriched Public Debates on Emerging Technologies

Conspiracy Theories As Engines of Connection for Enriched Public Debates on Emerging Technologies

Debates on contested emerging technologies illustrate how publics make sense of science and technology by making unexpected connections between scientific insights, values, hopes and fears.

AI Will Soon Be Able to Audit All Published Research - What Will That Mean for Public Trust in Science?

AI Will Soon Be Able to Audit All Published Research - What Will That Mean for Public Trust in Science?

An AI audit of scientific research would likely expose some fraud and widespread inconsequential work. But we need to be careful it doesn't discredit science in general.

What if MAGA Has a Point About Science?

What if MAGA Has a Point About Science?

Conservative distrust of science helped set the stage for its dismantling. Can scientists bridge the partisan divide?

Trust is a Social Bond

Trust is a Social Bond

How does disinformation impact public trust in science? And can healthy scepticism be a good thing? A debate between climate researcher Sonia Seneviratne, communication scientist Mike S. Schäfer and former Swiss Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr.

Democracy in crisis: Trust in democratic institutions declining around the world

Democracy in crisis: Trust in democratic institutions declining around the world

New research from the University of Southampton has found that trust in representative institutions, such as parliaments, governments and political parties, has been declining in democratic countries around the world.

A Global Majority Trusts Scientists, Wants Them to Have Greater Role in Policymaking, Study Finds

A Global Majority Trusts Scientists, Wants Them to Have Greater Role in Policymaking, Study Finds

In what is considered the most comprehensive post-pandemic survey of trust in scientists, researchers have found a majority of people around the world carry widespread trust in scientists.

Science Hostility: What We Know and What We Can Do About It

Science Hostility: What We Know and What We Can Do About It

Public communication on controversial issues has meant that science is more relevant than ever before. At the same time, it has made researchers vulnerable to attacks that undermine their credibility.

Trust in Scientists and Their Role in Society Across 68 Countries

Trust in Scientists and Their Role in Society Across 68 Countries

What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.

High Time to Rethink How We Define Scientific Expertise and Authority

High Time to Rethink How We Define Scientific Expertise and Authority

Psychologists argue for shifting away from the individualistic view of scientific authority, toward collective expertise

Public Trust in Science is Ebbing - and Will Have Real-world Consequences

Public Trust in Science is Ebbing - and Will Have Real-world Consequences

Anti-science attitudes have historically encumbered societal progress in the U.S., often with serious ramifications. The scientific community is now bracing for upheaval as the Trump administration prepares to take office.

Cosmos Magazine's AI-Generated Articles Are Bad for Trust in Science

Cosmos Magazine's AI-Generated Articles Are Bad for Trust in Science

Rolling out an AI experiment with a lack of transparency is at best ignorant, and at worst dangerous.

Building Trust in Science is a Social and Technological Project

Building Trust in Science is a Social and Technological Project

Research integrity and trust in science have made global news this year. Building trust in science requires commitments to social and technical means of ensuring transparency and reproducibility across scientific processes.

Why So Many Americans Are Losing Trust in Science

Why So Many Americans Are Losing Trust in Science

Dr. Mandy Cohen has been on a national tour. The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, she aims to rebuild trust in that troubled agency at a moment when Covid-19 cases are rising again and the Biden administration has begun a new vaccine campaign.

The efficacy of Facebook’s vaccine misinformation policies and architecture during the COVID-19 pandemic

The efficacy of Facebook’s vaccine misinformation policies and architecture during the COVID-19 pandemic

During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, Facebook began to remove vaccine misinformation as a matter of policy. This study evaluated the efficacy of these policies using a comparative interrupted time-series design.

Study Finds a Key Way to Build Trust in Science - And It's Not Education

Study Finds a Key Way to Build Trust in Science - And It's Not Education

Trust in the truth is a major talking point these days.