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The limitations of traditional literature review approaches could be improved relatively easily with a few key procedures.
In a crisis, there's no time to get perfect evidence. The evidence that lockdowns contain contagion and boost subsequent economic growth is persuasive.
Conviction rates for sexual offences remain low, despite legal reforms in recent years. One reason is the criminal standard of 'reasonable doubt' when supporting evidence may be difficult to produce.
The internet has allowed pseudoscience to flourish. Artificial intelligence could help steer people away from the bad information.
Transforming the civil service needs to go far beyond what degree new recruits studied.
Professional societies of doctors, surgeons or physiotherapists are more likely to recommend against treatments provided by others, our new research shows.
Research into contextual bias needs to be more rigorous so recommendations can be made about its effect on forensic analysis.
New international research shows one in four physiotherapists provide treatments that aren't based on evidence. These treatments aren't likely to cause harm, but they might waste patients' time.
National drug regulators use evidence from clinical trials to decide whether new cancer drugs will be approved for use. But these studies are often flawed.
Some climate scientists have spoken out about the dangers of climate change. But a new study shows those voices may not be very influential.
With accessible software tools and workflows, machines can be left to do the laborious work so that people can focus on planning, thinking and doing.
A failure to introduce robust science means forensic science has reached crisis point. The UK has to act now to address this threat to justice.
Some people argue the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, you just need to keep looking. But there are occasions where finding no evidence is all you can do.
UK forensic science and technology is lurching from crisis to crisis. A fundamental reform of governance and policy making is needed.
How do jurors use different kinds of information about mental illness when making sentencing decisions? An experiment finds that neurobiological evidence could harm or help defendants.
Social media activity suggests that pro-vaccine evidence may be starting to outweigh anti-vaxxer disinformation.
Science is not the absolute truth. Scientific findings are the beginning, not the end, of the quest for truth.
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?
The 'illumination hypothesis' – suggests that criminals like enough light to ply their trade, but not so much as to increase their chance of apprehension.
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New England
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Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW
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Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UNSW
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Research Fellow, Africa Centre for Evidence, University of Johannesburg
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Senior researcher at the Africa Centre for Evidence, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, UNSW
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Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University
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Professor of Public Ethics, Centre for Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Research Assistant Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
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Cameron Webb is a Friend of The Conversation.
Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
