Why does intellectuality weaken faith and sometimes foster it?

Why does medical research sometimes get it so wrong

Douglas Altman, back in 1994, wrote a highly influential paper in the British Medical Journal entitled ‘the scandal of poor medical research’ (1). It focused on the prevalence of poor design and analysis in medical research. Altman believed the reason was a general failure to appreciate the principles underlying scientific research, coupled with the ‘publish or perish climate’ where scientific ...

Canadian "yellow rain" research: does it weaken the case?

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The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures

Rich Offender, Poor Offender: Why It (Sometimes) Matters in Sentencing

Trust in Vaccines: Why It Takes More than Good Faith

This Vaccines issue on "Confidence in Vaccines" provides sound evidence through multiple perspectives of life-saving impacts when vaccination programs are effectively implemented in a population. Yet there remain challenges to achieving this impact, including scientific, medical, manufacturing, policy-related and logistical issues. Additionally, socio-cultural, religious and political agendas c...