science practice
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.
The Inflated Debate Over Cosmic Inflation
Why the majority of physicists are on one side of a recent exchange of letters.
Why These Researchers Are Drawn to the World’s Edge
The joy and toll of doing remote science.
Why Fake Data When You Can Fake a Scientist?
Making up names and CVs is one of the latest tricks to game scientific metrics.
Why Is Biomedical Research So Conservative?
Funding, incentives, and skepticism of theory make some scientists play it safe.