George Pell’s conviction has opened a rift in Australian society, with many people questioning the guilty verdict. Pell’s lawyer has said he will appeal. On what grounds could he do that?
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Evidence
Displaying 41 - 60 of 86 articles
The ‘illumination hypothesis’ – suggests that criminals like enough light to ply their trade, but not so much as to increase their chance of apprehension.
Cases of measles are on the rise as a cohort of unvaccinated children grows up.
Research reveals the flaws in earwitness testimony – and why better guidelines are needed.
If you’re committed to a belief, it’s hard to let go. Psychology and philosophy provide different ways to think about how skeptics respond to counterevidence.
From human ‘gills’ to reproducing rock, evidence hasn’t always pointed scientists in the right direction.
To give the best chance for science to have an impact, we need to present our arguments to the public in the most convincing ways we have available. Applied psychology can help.
Not all false beliefs arise from malicious misinformation. Some legal precedents rest on the status of everyday ‘common knowledge’, since shown to be false, but embedded in our law nonetheless.
What we regard today as scientific evidence can trace its roots back to the ancient art of persuasion.
Memories of events are notoriously unreliable - especially after some time has passed. Experts and police have developed an app to help the general public record evidence when it’s fresh.
Brain-zapping, the curious case of the n-rays and other stories of evidence
The Conversation, CC BY70.4 MB (download)
You've had an x-ray before but have you had an n-ray? Of course not, because they're not real. But people used to think they were. Today, on Trust Me, I'm an Expert, we're bringing you stories on the theme of evidence.
Judges and juries may not appreciate the nuances of messages from online dating services used as evidence in trials.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a Trump administration proposal to reward coal and nuclear power plants for storing fuel on-site, as a way to make the power system more reliable.
The majority of research suggests the benefits of mammography screening greatly outweigh the harms for women over age 40.
Personal stories about what helped people quit smoking can be misleading, and aren’t strong evidence.
In an era when opinion often trumps evidence in public health issues, it’s time to support and invest in evidence-based medicine to protect the public from dangerous, poorly informed beliefs.
Where’s the evidence behind claims Band-Aids speed up wound healing? Here’s why we’ll never know.
Experts may be dismissed when they express values, offer advice or make mistakes. But these expectations are unreasonable and unhelpful.
Electrical brain stimulation is used to treat a range of conditions, from depression to epilepsy. But how confident can we be that it works?
Forensics has a way to go before it’s a mature, academic science. Attorney General Jeff Sessions just terminated an independent commission charged with helping it get there.
Job Board
-
Scheduling Analyst
-
Assistant Editor - 1 year cadetship
-
Executive Dean, Faculty of Health
-
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Earth System Science (School of Science)
-
Sydney Horizon Educators (Identified)
Top contributors
-
Professor: Evidence-Informed Decision-Making, University of Johannesburg
-
Senior researcher at the Africa Centre for Evidence, University of Johannesburg
-
NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, University of Sydney
-
University of Johannesburg
-
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New England
-
Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW & Black Dog Institute, UNSW Sydney
-
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UNSW Sydney
-
Senior Research Fellow, Africa Centre for Evidence and Stockholm Environment Institute, University of Johannesburg
-
Professor in Philosophy of Science, Durham University
-
Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
-
Professor, School of Biosciences & School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
-
Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
-
Associate Professor and Head of Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, The University of Melbourne
-
Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
-
Senior lecturer, University of South Australia
