The first time Donald Trump was president, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency developed a regulation known as the “science transparency[1]” rule. The administration liked to call it the “secret science” rule[2].
“Transparency” sounds positive, but this rule instead prevented the EPA from using some of the best...
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Many people have been there.
The dinner party is going well until someone decides to introduce a controversial topic. In today’s world, that could be anything from vaccines to government budget cuts to immigration policy. Conversation starts to get heated. Finally, someone announces with great authority that a scientific study supports their...
Every year, massive data breaches harm the public. The targets are email service providers, retailers and government agencies that store information about people. Each breach includes sensitive personal information such as credit and debit card numbers, home addresses and account usernames and passwords from hundreds of thousands – and sometimes...
How many times have you used the words “good” or “bad” today?
From checking your weather app to monitoring the progress you’ve made on your to-do list, to scrolling through social media, opportunities to make snap evaluations abound. And the more you sort things into these categories, the more instinctive[1] making these judgments...