Predatory journals and political interference threaten scientific independence, undermining research integrity and public trust. Industries, notably tobacco, manipulate science through misinformation ...

Coffee is more than a morning pick-me-up. It’s a global industry that shapes economies and everyday culture. At the Center for Coffee Research and Education, scientists study every stage of coffee — ...

Since humanity's earliest days, people have looked up at the stars, using science, art, religion, philosophy, mathematics, and any other tool at their disposal to better understand the complicated and ...

New advisors to the Food and Drug Administration on antidepressants, menopause drugs and other topics have conflicts of interest and contrarian views. Nearly 80 researchers sent a letter to the FDA ...

A growing distrust of expertise is reshaping the terrain of science in the United States. Since the pandemic, the partisan divide over science has widened dramatically. While 77% of Americans have at ...

Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics. Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed ...

Quantum technologies are redefining the landscape of science and policy. National leading experts Spyridon Michalakis and Gorjan Alagic explore the foundations of this emerging field and its ...

Annotation The book explores the contratutions & challenges presented when scientific authority centers the sealm of environmental affairs. Annotation It seems self-evident that science plays a ...