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Nerdstream: A collection of interviews with science crusaders
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September 1, 2015
Why you can't always believe what you read in scientific journals
A Q&A with the founders of PubPeer, a website that aims to tackle the flawed systems of science.
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May 5, 2015
Gwyneth Paltrow’s health advice is even worse than you’d think
Timothy Caulfield, author of the new book "Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?," studied and tested the health advice of famous folks. The results were damning.
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April 16, 2015
Celebrities always push for more cancer screening. This researcher makes a case for less.
Why you might want to think twice before getting screened.
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March 21, 2015
How Big Oil and Big Tobacco get respected scientists to lie for them
The researcher behind the new documentary Merchants of Doubt shares what she found when she looked at the disinformation campaigns industry waged on science.
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February 16, 2015
John Ioannidis has dedicated his life to quantifying how science is broken
An interview with the author of the groundbreaking paper "Why Most Published Research Findings are False."
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January 19, 2015
Inside Obama's effort to use science — and find policies that actually work
A new book reveals one of the President's most important, least-understood achievements.
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December 27, 2014
Meet the anti-Dr. Oz: Ben Goldacre
A Q&A with the physician and science writer on his new book.
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December 20, 2014
Science journals screw up all the time. This guy keeps track of every mistake
Ivan Oransky is basically the Perez Hilton of science blogs.
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December 6, 2014
Why it's about to get a lot harder to hide the results of medical studies
Deborah Zarin, director of the biggest database of clinical trials in the world, talks about the push for transparency in medical research.