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I thought it'd be a good idea to do a quick summary of the points I have made about the problems in the foundations of physics, just to make it more difficult for the offended physicists on X to pretend misunderstanding me:

Scientists are as prone as anyone else to groupthink, and stifling dissent often produces disaster.

One of the most urgent questions facing society today is the potential impact of AI on education and labor markets. So it’s no surprise that two scientists attempted to provide an answer, produc

If you had a way to save the world and the NIH refused to fund it, could it ever happen? What if both Science and Nature, which claim to be the most prominent journals in the world, refused to publish your study? A study you were giving them free and they could then copyright and sell?

On May 12, video blogger Geng Hongwei alleged that Shanghai University scientists faked data in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

A new study claims that the universe isn’t entirely the same no matter where you look—a radical proposal

Sociology’s Reckoning Has Arrived

Those ousted included ADA journal editor-in-chief Steven Kahn and former ADA president Desmond Schatz...

New evidence should have us asking: is it worth it?

Fraud, bad incentives, and weak oversight plague science. The Alzheimer’s scandal shows how deep the problem runs.

DEI statements were functioning as ideological litmus tests. Faculty openly admitted they would discriminate against

researchers injected a modified harmless virus directly into the cochlea the spiral cavity in your inner ear.. carrying a working copy of a gene called OTOF.. the gene that transmits sound signals from your ear to your

"A lot of research and the

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How to handle proud ignorance?

HOBOKEN, FEBRUARY 26, 2026.   Two things have been happening: One: Podcasters are asking me how I feel about The End of Science , which was published 30 years ago. Do I still cling to my ridiculous claim that science is over? Amateur astronomers in Princeton have invited me to give a

While the Trump administration is defunding scientific research and imposing ideological demands on universities, the defenders of this repression are calling for even worse attacks against higher e

In a private gathering at the Institute for Advanced Study, leading physicists warned that AI now handles as much as “90%” of their work and could soon uncover truths humans can’t fully grasp. According to

In October 1945, George Orwell responded to a letter from Mr J. Stewart Cook in the leftwing weekly newspaper Tribune calling for more science education. The call can hardly have come as a surprise.

Our best models of the cosmos don't add up — but that could change if the universe is actually made of a viscous 'fluid,' a new paper suggests.

When writer Cory Doctorow introduced the term enshittification in 2023, he captured a pattern many users had already noticed in their personal lives. The social media platforms, e-commerce sites and

African swine fever virus (ASFV) causes fatal disease in wild and domestic pigs. Thankfully, ASFV does not cause disease in people, but it can be economically devastating for commercial pork producers

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A peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of High Energy Physics contains a number that cannot exist. Table 1. Page 10. Third column. −0.16 electron volts. That's a negative mass for neutrinos. Except negative mass doesn't exist. Can't exist. Violates

Turns out the climate apocalypse was a spreadsheet error. Of course they'll keep trying. Because there’s trillions at stake in the climate fairy-tale.