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A business team with raised fists celebrating a milestone, highlighting workplace enthusiasm and achievement
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John G. West
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May 14, 2025
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Media, Politics, Science
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Group Founded by Francis Collins Starts PR Campaign for “Science”

The answer to lack of public trust in science does not lie in PR. It lies rather in addressing the attitudes and practices that lead to loss of trust
John G. West
May 14, 2025
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Media, Politics, Science
The growing crisis of confidence in science isn’t because people believe “science” is bad. It’s because they believe the current scientific elite is untrustworthy. Read More ›
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Broadcast your vision. Make thoughts public. Communication and announcements. Activity in social networks. Poll. Brainstorming, new ideas. Feedback. Criticism. Reviews and comments.
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 18, 2023
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Peer Review, Science
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Pew: Post-COVID, Trust in Science Dropped Significantly

Most other institutions have taken a hit in trust as well. But what would it take for science in particular to pull out?
Denyse O'Leary
November 18, 2023
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Peer Review, Science
Surely people in science need to recommit themselves to first principles like mathematics as a form of truth and evidence as the basis of biology. Read More ›
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The arched stone colonnade with lanterns
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 19, 2023
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When Science Writers Say Things We Hardly Expected…

Some science writers are monotonous boosters for Answers from Science but the better ones challenge themselves, and thus challenge us too
Denyse O'Leary
August 19, 2023
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Media, Philosophy, Politics, Science
One reason there can’t be Final Answers in science is that the questions keep changing as we learn more, and in some cases we are asking the wrong ones. Read More ›