A Science Breakthrough Too Good to Be True? It Probably Isn’t

It Probably Isn’t The more exciting, transformative and revolutionary a science result appears, especially if it comes out of nowhere, the more likely it is to be dead wrong. Read More

Speed reading promises are too good to be true, scientists find

Association for Psychological Science. "Speed reading promises are too good to be true, scientists find." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 01 / 160114163035.htm (accessed ... Read More

Overwhelming evidence? It's probably a bad thing - ScienceDaily

The old adage that says 'If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is' has finally been put to the test -- mathematically. A team of researchers has found that overwhelming evidence without a ... Read More

A scientific breakthrough researchers call ‘magic’ could transform treatment for a leading cause of death

In medicine, we like to say that “time is brain,” meaning that every moment a stroke goes untreated, the potential for long-term brain damage or death escalates. In fact, every minute that the brain ... Read More

Opinion: Too good to be true? Why science and medicine are in the throes of a replication crisis - The Globe and Mail

Just one example: A year ago, a preprint, followed by a published scientific paper, reported that an anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, used to treat river blindness in sub-Saharan Africa and head ... Read More

A lot of science isn’t groundbreaking, and that’s a good thing

Science is largely an additive pursuit, with advances building on previous advances. Only rarely does a major breakthrough, such as the ones Thomas Kuhn described in his landmark 1962 book “The ... Read More

Our universe might not be 'fine-tuned' for life - Popular Science

He has been writing for Popular Science since early 2021, and his work can also be found at Scientific American, Inside Climate News, and Retraction Watch, among other outlets. Read More