Many trials end with a whimper. But some end with a bang. Press release, press conference, lots of fanfare &ndash…

On 11 September, some 9,300 participants in the SPRINT trial were sent a letter from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The letter told…

The potential harms of interventions are tricky to get a handle on. Our feelings about them are, too. It wouldn’t be…

Update 2021: I wrote this post back in the Gamergate-affected Twitter era. While the issues here about degrees of separation are still…

“I hope that other women can benefit from my experience”, wrote Angelina Jolie of her double mastectomy. She showed great courage and generosity, sharing data…

There’s a lot of outrage about outrage storming around women in science and science journalism at the moment. And fear of causing…

Last year I wrote a post of “5 Key Things to Know About Meta-Analysis”. It was a great way to focus – but…

I’m a scientist who’s also a cartoonist. So I’ve got a pretty keen interest in scholarship and empirical research on humor. And I…

Hoaxes sure can stir up a lot of emotion, can’t they? We tend to have a quick reaction to them, and…

Scientists are in a real bind when it comes to peer review. It’s hard to be objective when we’re all among the peer reviewing…

In theory, science isn’t just self-interested. We’re all driven by curiosity and pure motives to strive together to unlock the secrets of the universe and…

It all starts and ends with the patient. That was a strong message from the first day of Evidence Live. Trisha Greenhalgh walked that…