Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

A sharp partisan divide remains over how involved researchers should be in policy decisions. By Teddy Rosenbluth For the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the public’s trust in ...

Tara McKay was home on the last night in February when she received an email that made her doubt — if only for a moment — the worthiness of her career. It was a message from a branch of the National ...

Byron Hyde receives funding from the Wellcome Trust. When people trust science, they can make better decisions, follow helpful rules and work together on big problems like health, climate change and ...

Scientists searching for a cure for cancer have no trouble finding public support. But for those studying potato disease, it’s a tougher sell. The Trump administration seems to have banked on the idea ...

Gary Larson's The Far Side has always served up interesting, often unnerving takes on everyday life by showcasing otherwise ...

CU Boulder researcher Pedro DiNezio emphasizes solving the problems of climate change in the here and now When Pedro DiNezio began studying El Niño and La Niña roughly 20 years ago, human-caused ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans view scientists and their role in making public policy. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,593 U.S. adults from Oct. 21 to 27, 2024.

Scientists around the world expressed disappointment and alarm as Republican Donald Trump won the final votes needed to secure the US presidency in the early hours of 6 November. On account of Trump’s ...

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is just one of dozens of people to fly on the International Space Station over the last 12 years, but by sharing what he was doing through social media and clear ...