When the water in Flint, Michigan, became contaminated with dangerous levels of lead, Dr Siddhartha Roy, then a third year PhD student, was part of the team of scientists who publicly contradicted...

Two critical debates shaping health research: open-access publishing fees ($2,500–$5,000) now exclude researchers in lower-income cou… #Bluezones #Healthequity #Openaccesspublishing #Publishingbarriers #Scientificintegrity

Members discussed draft language for a proposed nitrate monitoring and reporting network, with concerns raised that industry stakeholders on the study panel could create conflicts of interest; public commenters urged bifurcating scientific study from stakeholder negotiations.

Litigation over intelligent design (ID) in public-school science instruction has been framed almost entirely either as an Establishment Clause problem or as a p

Noah’s Ark Scans founder’s apartment ransacked and burglarized!! We’ve already said this expedition has come under attacks that are borderline demonic. But we still didn’t think they’d go this far. After the permitted study was announced, Andrew started getting woken up between 1 and 3 a.m. Peopl…

The Trump administration is reportedly planning an executive order to create a board with veto power over National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funding, aiming to align research with the president's agenda. This move would depart from traditional scientific merit-based evaluations and comes amidst a class-action lawsuit alleging First Amendment violations by the administration for censoring research. The proposed board would include OMB Director Russell Vought and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya.

"Protection from inappropriate influence is a hallmark of scientific integrity." That line governed the Census Bureau and then the White House quietly disappeared it.

Channel 4’s programme wastes a chance to ask important questions about how ADHD is diagnosed and treated, instead indulging in unscientific methods and conspiracy theories, says author Gina Rippon

via NPR Topics: News — After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.

via NPR Topics: News — The federal government recruits top experts to volunteer to advise on pressing research issues of the day. Since President Trump took office, hundreds of these experts have been dismissed.