If you create a data set and no one can find it, is it useful? Not as much as it could be. With trust in science under siege from partisan actors and impartial pathogens, the accessibility and transparency of (and trust in) scientific information must be improved. Have people stopped trusting science? The data tells
Scientists can send confusing messages when they mix evidence and political beliefs.Credit: Mark Kerrison/In Images via Getty Many countries are in a crisis of confidence. In the UK, polls show deep distrust in politicians. Trust in business, journalism, the police and the judiciary is also falling. But there is one institution that still inspires widespread