Bad science is everywhere, from late night informercials to the worlds biggest drug companies. Fortunately, Dr Ben Goldacre has written a very entertaining book to help us identify the telltale signs.

In an earlier article “what makes bad science” was discussed, together with examples of bad scientific practice, and we offered tips for critically reading a science paper. In this article the reverse ...

Researchers are dealing with a disturbing trend that threatens the foundation of scientific progress: scientific fraud has become an industry. And it's growing faster than legitimate peer-reviewed ...

Bad science is a lot like a virus. It starts small, but if it’s shared enough times, it can cause global disruption. What was once a marathon has been compressed to a 400-meter dash: Researchers race ...

A recent paper makes an upsetting claim about the state of science: nonreplicable studies are cited more often than replicable ones. In other words, according to the report in Science Advances, bad ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Mother Jones. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Bad science is a lot like a virus. It starts small, but if it’s shared ...