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The complex truth about trust in science 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 7, 2026
You have full access to this article through your institution. People are more likely to trust scientists when scientists trust the public and are open about uncertainties.Credit: Isabel Infantes/AFP/Getty Niels Mede is curious to know how the public views science. Last month, two different Uber drivers told the science communication researcher that they thought trust
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How FAIR data is helping to build trust in science 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 6, 2026
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
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Scientists should acknowledge their own political biases to build public trust 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 6, 2026
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
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Science sleuths uncover more than 100 suspicious images in Thermo Fisher antibody catalogue 0
- SCIENCE
- May 29, 2026
Y-shaped biomolecules called antibodies are scientific workhorse tools that researchers use to bind to and track specific proteins.Credit: Nemes Laszlo/Science Photo Library Catalogue entries for more than 100 antibodies sold by the research services and supply company Thermo Fisher Scientific contain images that have apparently been manipulated, according to a pair of researchers who specialize
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US biology lab locked down for more than a week amid smuggling inquiry 0
- SCIENCE
- May 17, 2026
A lab at the University of Indiana Bloomington is under scrutiny from the US Department of Agriculture.Credit: Michael Hickey/Getty Biologists at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington have been locked out of their laboratories for more than a week, after the university suddenly changed locks on its biology building on 7 May. Although university officials restored access
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Should academic misconduct be catalogued? Proposed US database sparks debate 0
- SCIENCE
- April 10, 2026
Research misconduct can include a variety of infractions, including data fraud and manipulation.Credit: Tom Werner/Getty For decades, academic institutions have struggled with how to prevent researchers who have committed misconduct from securing jobs at new universities while hiding the bad behaviour. A proposal published today in the journal Science1 offers a solution, at least in
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