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

How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "Science is never settled" ...

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 ...

Don't be fooled by a graph. New research shows that a scientist's policy preferences can influence their results. Look past the model and find the ground truth.

Last year, Nick Franks published a paper that kicked off an almighty row over the biology of what happens to the brain during sleep (Nat. Neurosci., DOI:10.1038 ...

An interesting debate between modernists and postmodernists emerged in the 1990s called the science wars. The debate highlighted the fact that—as has been popularized at least since C. P. Snow’s ...