Today, there is a crisis of trust in science. Many people–including politicians and, yes, even presidents–publicly express doubts about the validity of scientific findings. Meanwhile, scientific ...
New research by social psychologists at the University of Amsterdam, published in the journal Nature Human Behavior, shows that America's conservatives distrust science to a far greater extent than ...
Science has given us vaccines, life-saving medical treatments, technological advances, and a deeper understanding of human behavior. And yet, despite these undeniable contributions, public distrust of ...
Last blog I talked about some of the reasons scientists are to blame for the public’s distrust of science. This week I want to look at what all of this means in the context of a concrete ...
We've just set the record for the hottest summer ever. But thanks to science—the physics and chemistry behind air conditioning—millions of Americans remained comfortable (and alive) amid the summer ...
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, public trust in science significantly decreased, and it has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. This allowed the rise of ideologies that directly opposed widely ...
Dr. Leana Wen, a physician, CNN medical analyst and Washington Post contributing columnist who once promoted pandemic lockdowns is now admitting that the slogan promoting medical compliance, "follow ...
Today, there is a crisis of trust in science. Many people—including politicians and, yes, even presidents—publicly express doubts about the validity of scientific findings. Meanwhile, scientific ...