Science Keeps Changing. So Why Should We Trust It?

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

What is science? Tech heavyweights brawl over definition

If you do research and don’t publish it, is it science? That’s the question at the heart of an ongoing debate on X between entrepreneur Elon Musk and pioneering computer scientist Yann LeCun. Over the ...
Ars Technica

Peer review is essential for science. Unfortunately, it’s broken.

Rescuing Science: Restoring Trust in an Age of Doubt was the most difficult book I've ever written. I'm a cosmologist—I study the origins, structure, and evolution of the Universe. I love science. I ...
The Conversation

Science communicators need to stop telling everybody the universe is a meaningless void

Medical Doctor. Interdisciplinary Lecturer. PhD Student, History and Philosophy of Science., University of Sydney The scientific worldview has made great contributions to humanity’s flourishing. But, ...
ucdavis.edu

What Is Science Outreach and Why Is It Important?

Left to right: Jace Kuske, Sabrina Mederos, and John Paulus from the Bales Lab viewing brains on a microscope slide to study the biology behind love (called "pair bonding" in non-human animals). (Evan ...
The New York Times

What Is a Species, Anyway?

Some of the best known species on Earth may not be what they seem. Credit...Steve Holroyd/Alamy Supported by By Carl Zimmer Naturalists have been trying for centuries to catalog all of the species on ...