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Science Doesn't Work That Way

Its authority derives not from unbiased experts but from the institutions and norms that structure their work.

Gregory E. Kaebnick

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Science & Nature

Arts in Society, Politics

Of Popes and Dogs

The Church has always had a vexed, somewhat aggrieved relation to dogs and their status as things to be blessed or sanctified.

Colin Dayan

Class & Inequality, Science & Nature

Democratic Science

Getting government grants for research is harder than ever. Our system is breaking down.

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Arts in Society, Gender & Sexuality

Fearful Parenting Is Contagious

Anti-vaxxers need to relax.

Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

Science & Nature

Who Cares About Climate Change?

Global warmning doesn’t register highly among Americans’ environmental concerns. 

Stephen Ansolabehere, David M. Konisky

Science & Nature

Burning China's Garbage

Protests against a new waste management system signals a turning point in Chinese environmentalism.

Sarah Hill

Science & Nature

Of Maggots and Brain Scans

Brain images are ubiquitous and compelling, but the science behind them is not.

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Global Justice, Science & Nature

People v. Dole

Dole used a pesticide that rendered banana workers sterile. Why is it so hard to litigate?

Susanna Bohme

Science & Nature, War & Security

Don't Lose Track: Here's What's Going On with the NSA

The newest report sees nothing illegal about warrantless collection of Americans’ international calls and e-mails.

Elizabeth Goitein

Arts in Society, Science & Nature

Ground Down to Molasses

The Making of an American Folk Song

Dave Byrne

Global Justice, Science & Nature

SCOTUS Protects 'The Privacies of Life'

At last, a unanimous Supreme Court decision in which the Justices agree with... me.

Reed Hundt

Gender & Sexuality, Global Justice

Justice Roberts Should Visit an Abortion Clinic

The buffer zone decision is wonderfully logical but also divorced from real experience.

Simon Waxman

Race, Science & Nature

Don't Trouble Yourself

Nicholas Wade's A Troublesome Inheritance is scientifically dubious and blind to its racist implications.

Philip N. Cohen

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