As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

We usually think of journalists as bringing us news about politics and world events. Analyzing a presidential election or an ongoing scandal helps inform us and holds powerful figures accountable on ...

A lot of ink has been spilled on the question of what will ultimately win: the scientific method, an approach to learning about the world by coming up with theories and testing those theories against ...

The researchers reviewed how LLMs are being used currently as a technological tool and how they may be used in the future as ...

Ben Fulcher receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Complexity is all around us, from the daily fluctuations of financial markets to the intricate web of neurons in our ...

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed the illusion of knowledge in the context of COVID-19 and explained how much of what we think we know is actually belief, taken as truth, because it came from a ...

Transparency in science is a delicate issue that directly influences public trust. A recent study explores this paradox where too much transparency can sometimes backfire. Byron Hyde, a researcher at ...