Efficient Scientific Self-Correction in Times of Crisis (Books: Michèle B. Nuijten | October 2020)
Abstract Science has been invaluable in combating the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. However, science is not flawless: especially research
Abstract Science has been invaluable in combating the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. However, science is not flawless: especially research
“Quick question, is that a metal nail in that Neanderthal’s hand?” In case you are wondering, yes Gary can be annoying at the cinema.
With the U.S. presidential election less than a month away, three prestigious science publications have recently run editorials about what’s happening—or not happening—in Washington. Holden Thorp, the editor in chief at Science, detailed this administration’s coronavirus missteps in an editorial succinctly titled “Trump Lied About Science.” In another editorial, the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine called our current political leaders’ response to COVID-19 “consistently inadequate,” and Nature’s editors have endorsed Joe Biden for president.
Abstract Worldwide there are currently over 1200 research studies being performed on the topic of COVID-19. Many of these involve
The high-profile retractions of two COVID-19 studies stunned the scientific community earlier this year and prompted calls for reviews of
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“It’s like if you throw a dice and you get exactly the same sequence of numbers several times.” A group
ABSTRACT Two decades ago, Robert Proctor coined the term agnotology to refer to the study of ignorance that stems from