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As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

A lot of ink has been spilled on the question of what will ultimately win: the scientific method, an approach to learning about the world by coming up with theories and testing those theories against ...

Australian National University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken centre stage in basic science. The five winners of the 2024 Nobel Prizes in ...

Unless you're a physicist, you've probably only encountered quantum mechanics on TV. And even when it was explained, you might've still been a little confused. The field of quantum mechanics was ...