Can science offer clear guidance when the ground beneath it is inherently unstable? This question lies at the heart of many modern policy debates, where data, algorithms, and statistical models ...

Religion and science don’t seem like natural partners. One is about taking things on faith. The other involves double-blind proof before making a conclusion. But the gulf doesn’t have to be that wide.

Geneticist Anne Brunet explores what aging really is, how lifestyle choices might influence longevity, and the promising frontiers of aging research. Aging is a process that affects us all. But how ...

When people trust science, they can make better decisions, follow helpful rules and work together on big problems like health, climate change and new technology. But if people stop trusting science, ...

So far as he is a creature that passes on the pigmentation of its eyes to its offspring in accordance with Mrndelian laws, that possesses physical organs with definite, measurable capacities, — that, ...

A few years ago, Caetano Reis e Sousa, an immunologist at The Francis Crick Institute, and his team were investigating how the immune system detects tissue damage. They were specifically exploring the ...