Those who cite scientific studies to support policies should take care to tell the whole story, especially when it’s complex.

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Abstract. Previous research on a transition in human evolution has been befuddled by the complexity of adaptive culture and made little effort toward empir

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Four authors of the non-peer reviewed, anti-vax bibliography cited by Kennedy’s HHS are involved with The Wellness Company.

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As Senate hearings begin for President Trump’s health nominees, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the latest KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust shows a decline in public trust for govern...

Katalin Karikó says the health secretary’s decision to pull research funding for the technology is akin to ‘dropping a bomb on the US’

Here, the authors discuss principles of experimental design that are relevant for all biology research, along with special considerations for projects using -omics approaches, highlighting common expe...

A dialogue with artificial intelligence has changed how Angela Steinauer thinks through her ideas. The trick is staying sceptical and asking better questions.

This study begins by outlining the transparency paradox: that trust in science requires transparency, but being transparent about science, medicine and government reduces trust in science. A solution ...

This study expands the odd-elastic description of microswimmers to a nonlinear regime and provides a unified framework for studying non-local, non-reciprocal interactions of an elastic material in a v...

People often believe what they want to believe rather than what the evidence implies. Here Melnikoff and Strohminger find that this seemingly irrational tendency may emerge from fully rational Bayesia...

Scientific Reports - Understanding health knowledge failures: uncertainty versus misinformation

There are complex interactions between physical changes during the menopause transition and mental health and wellbeing. In this Review, Thurston et al. integrate these interactions and outline behavi...

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found some startling results in the brain scans of people using ChatGPT.

The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...