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Archive Should we worry that half of Americans trust their gut to tell them what’s true? Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’ll bet that’s true,” before you had all the…R. Kelly GarrettOctober 2, 2017
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Archive Closing the communications gap Professor Dame Anne Glover has spent her entire career generating scientific knowledge; knowledge that has,…Brian TarranSeptember 9, 2016
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Archive Why forensic bite mark analysis lacks teeth Steven Mark Chaney was convicted in 1987 of the murder of a drug dealer who…Jim Norton and George DivineMarch 17, 2016
Bacon, cancer, and the vital importance of statistical reasoning In September 2015, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC)…David SpiegelhalterJanuary 29, 2016
Archive From science to advice: reinventing the scientific generalist (part two) Solly Zuckerman (pictured) was meticulous in measuring things to assemble evidence when there was none,…Thomas KingOctober 17, 2013
Archive From science to advice: Solly Zuckerman, bringing evidence into military strategy (part one) The publications marking the transition to a new government chief scientific advisor in Britain give…Thomas KingOctober 7, 2013
Archive Standing up for Science: beating the silence There are a lot of scary things to face when doing a PhD: supervisor's ideas…Linda WijlaarsJune 20, 2013
Archive Fireballs falling to Earth: Part 1 Thanks to Russian drivers and amateur cameramen, a few weeks ago we had the privilege…Jordi PratsMarch 25, 2013
Archive George Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration At New Year, I was reminded of how much heated argument can be generated when…Andrew McCullochJanuary 21, 2013
Archive The Nobel Prize gender gap This week, as the six recipients of Nobel Prizes in science take the podium, some…Stephanie KovalchikSeptember 26, 2011