Should you believe the findings of scientific studies? Amid current concerns about the public's trust in science, old ...

If you received a resumé and cover letter from an Anna O. Fraud, you might sense something fishy. If you got one from an Anna O. Szust, you’d probably be less concerned — even though oszust means “a ...

A team of computer scientists led by the University of Colorado Boulder has developed a new artificial intelligence platform that automatically seeks out “questionable” scientific journals. The study, ...

Kevin L. Young donated to a PAC during the current election, focusing on voter mobilization. Bernhard Leidner receives funding from the National Science Foundation for his current work on COVID-19 and ...

I find myself wondering at times how ethically distressing content could appear in a highly respected scientific journal. For example, an incendiary essay criticizing efforts to increase diversity in ...

The rush for scientific cures and treatments for Covid-19 has opened the floodgates of direct communication between scientists and the public. Instead of waiting for their work to go through the slow ...

Text outputs from large language models are littering paper mills—and even some peer-reviewed publications. By Mack DeGeurin Published Mar 19, 2024 4:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

Merlin Crossley receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council. He works at UNSW Sydney, and is on the Trust of the Australian Museum, the ...

These days, much online prose feels generic—flattened voice, repeated language, and similar punctuation. AI may now be infiltrating science journals These days, so much prose online is generic. There ...