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Every student in America should be required to take a class called, "What Do We Know, and How Do We Know It?" Perhaps if we learned from an early age how we know the things we claim to know, fewer Americans would fall for ridiculous conspiracy the

It's likely that everyone has experienced it — you're ready to go somewhere or do something, but you can't because you can't find your keys, or your purse, or that special screwdriver for that weird set of screws.

I recently wrote an article about a young, healthy woman who went to a healer (likely a naturopath), received an IV of turmeric as a treatme

In last week's episode of Shark Tank, the five "sharks" elevated themselves from wealthy, successful business people to champions of science.

Given the media attention devoted to weak observational claims about health (miracle vegetables, chemophobia of the month) and the rampant mistrust of science that has resulted, it is worth asking if they're worth the expense at all

A new paper in JAMA Cardiology titled Long-term S

Scientists are humans, too. And, just like other humans you know, some of them aren't very good at their jobs. There are three main ways in which scientists can mess up.

One of the major reasons scientific research is facing a reproducibility problem is because of poor use of statistics.

You may be aware that suicides among working-aged men are on the rise.

It is one thing for a naturopath to push turmeric, the latest fad in fancy snake oils, as a cure all for everything from your bad sex life to diabetes.