Despite the overwhelming evidence and expert consensus, certain scientific facts continue to face public skepticism. From climate change to mental health, these 11 scientifically proven realities ...

Concerns have been rising about American adults’ lackluster understanding of science and declining trust in scientists. A November 2023 survey from the Pew Research Center found that the share of ...

Scientific information is complicated and full of caveats and clarifications. This, of course, absolutely ruins the shareability of even the most interesting facts and discoveries. So, what’s an ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...

Heidi J. Larson is chair of the board of the Global Listening Project, a professor of anthropology, risk and decision science in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics, London ...

The Destruction Of Sodom And Gomorrah, painting by John Martin, 1852. In 2021 a multidisciplinary team of researchers claimed that a Tunguska-sized airburst, larger than any such airburst in human ...

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In June U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy suggested that social media should, like tobacco products, carry a surgeon general’s warning about the harm it can cause users. His call came amid a vigorous ...