Pesticides are designed to kill insects, fungi, and weeds. So, it is reasonable to wonder whether they can harm us as well.

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From the hidden institutional pressures ruining scientific integrity to the alarming public health signals behind rising ...

A new CNN story is based on a report by the Environmental Justice Foundation, which is about as scientific as its name sounds ...

Something strange and potentially frightening is going on at a Russian laboratory in Siberia. One or more scientists have ...

Science is supposed to correct its own errors. In practice, distorted academic incentives often block that quality control.

How many cookies are too many? A new meta-analysis links greater consumption of ultra-processed foods to several chronic ...

The media recently pushed alarming headlines claiming the EPA gutted clean-air rules by rolling back power plant greenhouse ...

Daubert was meant to keep unreliable science out of the courtroom by making judges gatekeepers who ensure the reliability and relevance of expert testimony and the underlying research. A recent Second ...

From cancer and cannabis to perverse research incentives, we’ve been busy confronting nonsense. Here’s a roundup of recent ...