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The Exodus of Scientists from the United States
The United States has long been regarded as the world's leading destination for scientific talent, research investment, and technological innovation. Its universities, government laboratories, and research institutions attracted…
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Flat Earth Belief: An Anti-Science Perspective
Flat Earth belief is a modern example of how anti-science thinking can reject an overwhelming body of evidence in favor of a compelling but unsupported alternative narrative. Despite centuries of observation, measurement…
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Social Media Amplification
There is nothing accidental about the way misinformation spreads online. It does not drift through social media the way a rumour drifts through a neighbourhood - slowly, imprecisely, losing fidelity with distance. It travels with…
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How Anti-Science Influences Public Health and Safety
This clip from The Proof with Simon Hill, a science-focused health and nutrition podcast, looks at the real-world costs of misinformation. From GMO myths to climate denial, it argues that when facts lose to fear, people get hurt…
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Understanding Science Denial
In this TEDxUNB talk from 2021, Richelle Witherspoon explores why some people fall for false or pseudo-scientific information while others don't. Her conclusion surprised her: the two groups have much more in common than either…
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Taxonomy of Antiscience Themes
The taxonomy of antiscience themes illustrates how diverse forms of scientific rejection and distortion share common psychological and cultural roots. At its center lies the Rejection of Scientific Consensus, the defining feature…
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Recent Antiscience News
October 2026 has seen continuing tensions between scientific evidence and political ideology, particularly in the United States. Government interference in research, challenges to established vaccine policies, attacks on climate…
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Science Under Siege
Peter Hotez and Michael Mann, a vaccine scientist and a climate scientist, join CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss their book Science Under Siege. The book argues that anti-science is now organized, well funded and politically…
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Why Don't Some People Believe In Science?
This Seeker explainer asks a simple question: why do some people reject well-established science, such as vaccine safety or climate change, even when the evidence is strong? The short answer is that belief is rarely just about…
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Examining the rise of the anti-science movement
Climate scientist Michael Mann joins CBS News' The Takeout to discuss Science Under Siege, the book he co-wrote with vaccine scientist Peter Hotez. Mann, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is best known for the…
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Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit
Carl Sagan believed that science was more than a collection of facts - it was a way of thinking, a toolkit for navigating a world full of claims, counterclaims, and seductive half-truths. His "baloney detection kit", introduced…
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Pseudoscience
Pseudoscience often arrives wearing the costume of credibility. It borrows the language of research, the confidence of expertise, and the allure of simple answers. It spreads through headlines, social media feeds, and…
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