Science practice
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The Attack of Zombie Science
They look like scientific papers. But they’re distorting and killing science. -
We Have to Talk About Doubt
How to tell the difference between scientific and conspiratorial skepticism. -
When a Good Scientist Is the Wrong Source
How a bad “fact” helped the lab-leak hypothesis go viral. -
Gaia, the Scientist
What if the first woman scientist was simply the first woman? -
How Eugenics Shaped Statistics
Exposing the damned lies of three science pioneers.
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You Want to See My Data? I Thought We Were Friends!
“Science is probably the best thing humans ever invented. Academia, on the other hand…”
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Galileo the Science Publicist
Scientists putting their lives on the line can take heart from a great astronomer.
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How Science Trumps Denial
Scientists putting their career and health on the line can take heart from Galileo.
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The Problem with Scientific Credit
Our algorithm said a courtesy driver should have won the Nobel Prize. -
Geology Makes You Time-Literate
A scientist tells us how her field instills timefulness. -
Thomas Kuhn Threw an Ashtray at Me
Why Errol Morris is still outraged by the famous philosopher of science. -
Does Theranos Mark the Peak of the Silicon Valley Bubble?
John Carreyrou talks to Nautilus about the lessons of a $1 billion fraud. -
How My Nobel Dream Bit the Dust
My team thought we’d proved cosmological inflation. We were wrong.