The question is not mine. It belongs to Philip Stark, who asked it of Deborah Mayo at a Berkeley lecture. Stark plainly asked five good questions: When and how did…

If this isn't the dumbest science ever, it's close. The peer-reviewed paper is "The effect of temperature on language complexity: Evidence from seven million parliamentary speeches" by Risto Conte Keivabu…

Here my friends is the whole of probability and uncertainty, in highlight form. A quick overview of where we have been, what we're doing, and where we're going. All can…

There is a sharp difference between undead and slimy science. The latter is identified with ease. Take this slice of slime from the paper "Exploring together the emotional impact of…

A toxin, as the redoubtable reader undoubtedly knows, is a poison. And a poison, says Mr Webster, is that which causes "morbid, noxious, or deadly effects". People who ingest or…

Dear reader, this will be a tad difficult, but I urge you to plow through as best you can, because this is becoming "a thing" in some areas. I stripped…