A popular internet meme juxtaposes a picture of a female scientist working in a lab captioned "Vaccine Research" with that of a woman looking at her smart phone while sitting on the toilet captioned ...

Are you a skeptic always looking for the truth? Neuroscience explains why you might not find the evidence you're seeking.

The Trump administration’s assault on climate science is entering a new phase. Until recently, President Donald Trump and his team have focused much of their attention on cutting climate programs and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Public trust in science is declining in the U.S.. As people become ...

Estimated mean truth ratings across repetition (repeated, non-repeated) and claim type (science-aligning, skeptic-aligning) in Experiment 1. Note. Error bars show 95% ...

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...

The threat of misinformation runs rampant in our digital age, where a single repetition of a climate-skeptical claim seems more true even to the staunchest of climate change endorsers, according to a ...

At CSICON this year I gave talk about topics over which skeptics have and continue to disagree with each other. My core theme was that these are the topics we absolutely should be discussing with each ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brain training reached a turning point in 2025, after years of accumulating evidence snowballed into an avalanche of scientific validation. A surge of ...