Last week, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith gathered in plenary session at the Vatican, which means that all its members were gathered at once. These plenary sessions are held every two ...

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C harles Darwin set a “golden rule” for his study of nature. Whenever he encountered information that ran counter to his ideas, he would make a note of it “without fail and at once.” Why? Because, as ...

Whom would you trust more: an expert who seems to have all of the answers or one who admits what they don’t know? We have spent the past five years studying that question and the many ways people may ...

You can hear the former First Lady tell Bruce Springsteen about after-dinner games with her dad. Or explain to Keke Palmer why she gave up her childhood dream of becoming a pediatrician (apparently ...

Growing identity-based and partisan gaps in confidence in scientists and scientific institutions call for novel approaches to science communication. In this perspectives piece, we focus on the need ...