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The internet has allowed pseudoscience to flourish. Artificial intelligence could help steer people away from the bad information.
Our panel of experts speculate on which of science’s biggest questions could be answered in the coming months.
All forms of science are reliant on facts, hard evidence and statistics to maintain relevance and credibility. But what of the legitimacy of the so-called “pseudosciences”? A warning: I’m going to pick…
Forget blurry pictures and casts of big foot-prints. A Texas veterinarian, Dr Melba Ketchum, and her collaborators have published an article, in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, proving the existence…
What ever happened to quality science reporting in the mainstream media? Why do so many journalists seem to simply accept press releases as fact? Are qualifications no longer relevant when it comes to…
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Endeavour Research Fellow, Post-doctoral scholar, UNSW Sydney
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Royal Society University Research Fellow and Lecturer in Particle Physics, UCL
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Birmingham
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of English, Arizona State University
