As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

The idea of evidence-based medicine has been around since the 1980s, and the term was officially coined in the 1990s. It arose from the realization that medicine was highly dependent upon the ...

Detectives and scientists have a lot in common. Both collect data, develop hypotheses and test their assumptions. And both pursue evidence in the hope of a definitive finding. Science was key to the ...

Should you believe the findings of scientific studies? Amid current concerns about the public's trust in science, old arguments are resurfacing that can sow confusion. Subscribe to our newsletter for ...

Much has been written advising laypeople to navigate conflicting medical opinions and identify the golden truth amid the ...

Frustrated by liars? Tired of how much misinformation spreads from podcaster bros, influencers and dubious sources? Wondering what you can do about it? A recent University of Maryland conference found ...

In recent decades, scientists have debated whether a seven-million-year-old fossil was bipedal—a trait that would make it the ...

A lot of people faint at some point in their lives for no clear medical reason. New research provides some explanation. And now an update on the science of swooning. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on ...

Whether or not God exists “is not just one question among others — it is the question,” says one author of a newly translated book about the interplay between science and faith. “It asks whether we ...

Junk science admitted during trial continues to undermine our judicial system, unfairly affecting individual parties, ...

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