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In this crazy era of climate change deniers, anti-vaxxers, and people who think giants built Ohio’s mounds, appreciating the difference between actual facts and “alternative facts” has never been more ...

Pseudoscience is a system of explanations, methods, and assumptions that pose as science but don’t follow core scientific principles like testability and falsifiability. Pseudoscience is different ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Americans know more about basic science today than two decades ago, good news that researchers say is tempered by an unsettling growth in the belief in pseudoscience such as astrology ...

In 2024, it's growing increasingly easy to fall for pseudoscience. False cures, misinformation, and outright lies are rampant on social media, convincingly touted by influencers and quacks. The ...

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Science is under attack. From wide-release films like What the Bleep Do We Know!? to a public force-feeding of Intelligent Design prattle, popular culture and religious groups ache to chip away at its ...

It is an ethical responsibility to society for health professionals to both promote and practice evidence-based health care. Part of the mission to promote evidence-based health care also involves the ...