Readers respond to a guest essay about the methods and reliability of science. Also: Opioid addiction; judges and presidents; ...

Bill Nye was in Orlando to tout The Planetary Society’s efforts to save NASA science after pressuring Congress to defy President Trump’s proposed budget.

Much of what keeps science accurate, ethical, and usable is done by women and girls—and because it doesn’t look like a breakthrough, it rarely counts as one. Science loves a clean story. A single mind ...

AI accelerates analysis but lacks grounded, contextual insight; scientists must balance human creativity, ethics, oversight.

Research by philosopher of science and Honorary Research Associate at Bangor University, Byron Hyde, looked at the role of transparency in fostering public trust in science. Hyde argues that, to find ...

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On a sunny afternoon steps from the Lincoln Memorial, crowds of protesters gathered to stand up for science. Wispy clouds streaked across blue skies as people chanted, cheered and ...

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T he last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had long argued that science ...

Dec. 10 marks the anniversary of the 1948 signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Though contested, imperfect and ...

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