In a recent study published in PLoS Biology, researchers investigated whether individuals with extreme attitudes, negative or positive, show a greater likelihood of believing that they understand ...

Key points In a large, nationally representative U.S. sample, political conservatism was the most robust and stable predictor of anti-scientific attitudes. Conservative respondents were more likely to ...

A survey of chemists’ attitudes to correcting errors in scientific publications shows most prefer to discuss them informally with colleagues and students or to write privately to editors. However, the ...

In his commentary on science and the global agenda, 1 Bruce Alberts pointed out the distressing disregard for science prevalent in many parts of the world in relation to evolution, genetically altered ...

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The letter by Alfred E. Harper1 on the anti-scientific attitudes and superstition that persists among the general public and politicians was juxtaposed on my desk with a fascinating article in my ...