







Science has always been in crisis. This is fine.
The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America
Rebuilding the Architecture of Science
Science built the modern world. It’s time to rebuild the world of science.

Science has been in a “replication crisis” for a decade. Have we learned anything?
Bad papers are still published. But some other things might be getting better.


The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do
OR: the long overdue forest fire

Guest post: If you’re going to critique science, be scientific about it
Loren K. Mell Editor’s note: This post responds to a Feb. 13 article in The Atlantic, “The Scientific Literature Can’t Save Us Now,” written by Retraction Watch cofounders Adam Marcus and Ivan Oran…

America’s compact between science and politics is broken
How did we get here?

Science Must Decentralize
Knowledge production doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Every great scientific breakthrough is built on prior work, and an ongoing exchange with peers in the field. That’s why we need to address the threat

Jason Hickel on Twitter / X
The climate crisis reveals that our civilization has never really been organized around science, contrary to the usual Enlightenment narrative. It is organized around capital. Science is embraced when it serves the interests of capital, and is often ignored when it does not.— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) January 6, 2022
What stories should we tell about scientific progress now?
In search of the mysterious fruits of basic science

Maybe scientific progress isn’t slowing, after all
A new paper takes aim at the claim that science has become less disruptive

Why Science Can't Settle Political Disputes
Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy, based on the belief that science is purified of politics, may be damaging democracy

AI is doing something weird to Science
In both good and bad ways, and it won't go away.

What happened to Science Goodreads and how do we rebuild it? A 65 million dollar question (at least) - Cosmik Labs
The story of the rise and fall of Mendeley
Have people stopped trusting science? The data tell a surprising story
Some say there’s a global crisis of trust — but research reveals where the real problems lie.
