鈥淲hen an immovable fact meets an unstoppable feeling.鈥� This is the title of a newsletter article from Liz Neeley, a science communicator who studied marine biology. In a mere eight words鈥攚hich play...
The COVID-19 pandemic helped popularize a hair-raising phrase: 鈥渄o your own research.鈥� Portrayed as a call for self-empowerment, it became the tell-tale sign of someone who didn鈥檛 trust public...
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated many preexisting problems. One of them is how to vet the avalanche of information flowing down at us on a daily basis. Another is how to properly assess the risks...
Public health measures during a pandemic (like lockdowns and mask mandates) can make some people uneasy. One argument that seems to underlie this anxiety is 鈥渕asks now, government surveillance via...
Thinking clearly is not just about recognizing the ways in which our brain misbehaves. Sometimes, it鈥檚 about realizing that the information we find in the world is incomplete. We all know that...
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