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How Education & Social Media Regulation Can Combat Science Denial

Five billion people use social media globally, and millions of posts are shared on Meta (Facebook) every minute. While a…

2 weeks ago
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Will AI Help Or Hinder Trust In Science?

In the past year, generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and OpenAI's video generation tool Sora have captured…

2 weeks ago
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Why Some People Don’t Trust Science & How To Change Their Minds

During the pandemic, a third of people in the UK reported that their trust in science had increased, we recently…

4 months ago
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Intellectual Humility Forms A Key Ingredient Of Scientific Progress

The virtue of intellectual humility is getting a lot of attention. It’s heralded as a part of wisdom, an aid…

5 months ago
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Science Is A Human Right. Here’s Why

Dec. 10 marks the anniversary of the 1948 signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United…

5 months ago
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Greater Cooperation Will Accelerate Himalayan Climate Action

On 4 October, the Teesta River floods in the northeast Indian state of Sikkim became the latest grim demonstration of…

7 months ago
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Explainer: Why Do We Use Jargon When Talking About Science?

Consider this sentence: Many urban areas have depauperate flora and fauna due to anthropogenic disturbances. If we replace the words…

10 months ago
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Racist, Sexist Depictions Of Human Evolution Endure In Science, Education

Systemic racism and sexism have permeated civilisation since the rise of agriculture, when people started living in one place for…

1 year ago
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‘Knowledge Colonialism’ & How Africa Is Trying To Overcome It

Mary Abukutsa-Onyango is a leader in her field. Deputy vice-chancellor of research, production and extension, and professor of horticulture at…

1 year ago
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Spring Revival Project Offers Hope In The Himalayas

Spring 2020 had just begun in the Himalayas but for Kamla Devi, 36, a resident of Nathuakhan village, in the…

3 years ago
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How Dust Can Melt Mountains & Change Seas

Asia’s largest freshwater reserve is disappearing. In the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, which is warming by 0.3-0.7 degrees Celsius above…

3 years ago
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Wildlife Diseases To Spread Northwards As Climate Changes

As the world’s climate warms, parasite-carried wildlife diseases will move north, with animals in cold far-north and high-altitude regions expected…

3 years ago

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