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To communicate scientific findings that are relevant to the public, science communicators need to understand how to overcome attitudes that are anti-science.
Research confirms that Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, bears heavy responsibility for the death toll in his country, at every wave of the pandemic.
‘Racism and misogyny are part of it. They simultaneously spruik pseudoscience and anti-science agendas which have come to Australia from overseas,’ said one expert.
Hopefully, Joe Biden’s presidency will mark the end of using cherry-picked science to suit a political agenda. As Trump’s successor, however, he’s placed in a difficult position.
When you ask Americans what the word ‘science’ brings to mind, a majority respond ‘hope.’ Using this built-in brand can help communicate important science messages.
Whether in situations relating to scientific consensus, economic history or current political events, denialism has its roots in what psychologists call ‘motivated reasoning.’
Every day, new “alternative facts” are peddled in the public realm. But misinformation is not solely a modern problem - its origins are as old as humanity.
Science is a multicultural enterprise that benefits from and indeed requires competing views.
People universally believe scientists’ solar eclipse calendars, but vaccine warnings or climate predictions are forms of science that strangely do not enjoy equivalent acceptance.
Whether you’re talking about climate change, vaccination or agriculture, the term “anti-science” means different things in different political contexts.
Does science have an answer to science denial? Just as being vaccinated protects you from a later full-blown infection, a bit of misinformation explained could help ward off other cases down the road.
Today is the start of Science Meets Parliament, which helps our nation’s leaders embrace the latest scientific evidence.
Trump is not science’s biggest problem.
In the wake of the Flint water crisis and with a new notably anti-science president, U.S. scientists are reevaluating how to navigate the tension between speaking out and a fear of losing research funding.
Some scientists refuse to debate or appear with those they consider to be unscientific. But is this the best approach to combat anti-science narratives?
2015 was a year where we expanded our view of the universe, embraced new technologies and got a hint of the profound changes to come.
Debunking science denial in the wrong way can end up reinforcing it. Here’s how to cut through make the facts stick.
Earlier this year, the ethicist Walter-Sinnot Armstrong asked whether philosophers were out of touch with, even contemptuous, of ordinary people and everyday life. The picture he paints isn’t flattering…
A small dose of a weak form of anti-science can inoculate people against the real thing, just like a vaccine.
Top contributors
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Research Assistant Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
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Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Distinguished Writer In Residence, Arthur Carter Journalism Institute, New York University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University
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Inaugural Director, ANU Grand Challenge, Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia Pacific, Australian National University
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Associate professor, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
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Open Evidence Research, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
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Adjunct Faculty for Advanced Academic Programs, Johns Hopkins University
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Économiste, statisticien, directeur de recherche à l’IRD et membre de l’UMR LEDa - DIAL, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
