In an era when "fake news" and "misinformation" have become part of our daily lexicon, the boundaries between established scientific consensus and genuine scientific skepticism have never been more ...

FARGO — The question, posed by a man with an edge in his voice at a lecture she was giving, caused Naomi Oreskes to stop and think: Why should we trust science? The man’s question came during one of ...

For some it seemed like common sense. For others, it felt like government overreach and a restriction of freedom. In 2020, as the waves of a global pandemic broke on the shores of the United States ...

Climate scientists have long agreed that humans are largely responsible for climate change. A new study, co-led by Bojana Većkalov from the University of Amsterdam and Sandra Geiger from the ...

MinnPost’s reporting is free every single day, but it isn’t free to produce. Join 4,800 members with a donation right now. Political turmoil about our ongoing pandemic lays bare a persistent problem ...

Historically, the scientific community has relied on educating the public in order to increase agreement with scientific consensus. New research suggests why this approach has seen only mixed results.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the foremost public health authority in the United States, is at time of writing openly stating on its website that “the claim ‘vaccines do not ...

John Stossel is the creator of Stossel TV videos, and author of "No They Can't! Why Government Fails—But Individuals Succeed." We are told climate change is a crisis, and that there is an ...

During the U.N’s global summit on climate change in Scotland, Facebook users shared a viral image claiming that global warming occurs naturally, and that humans are not part of the cause. The image ...

The scientific consensus on human-caused climate change is overwhelming. A recent study published this week in Environmental Research Letters has confirmed this consensus once again, finding the level ...