“On one hand, it’s critical to root out research fraud and serious errors. On the other hand, highlighting the most dramatic outliers risks creating the impression that science as a whole can’t be trusted.” When I told my 7-year-old daughter that the recent viral clip of bunnies jumping on a trampoline was fake, she looked […]
Six stories on the shady side of scholarship.
“When a whale dies, its body creates a new mini ecosystem on the ocean floor—a process full of biological and poetic lessons for those willing to learn them.”
“Sports, science, and collective delusion.”
“Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences.”
“How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions.”
“New science is showing that nature’s vital pollinators are smarter than we ever imagined.”
“By analyzing reports of people who got off-track, researchers are advancing the science of ‘lost person behavior.'”
“More than half a century ago, men of science and men of faith gathered together to unlock the mysteries of female fertility. The answer: urine from the brides of Christ. And lo, those nuns gaveth.”
“A conversation about finding community in the aquatic.”
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