Many people trust some scientific studies and question others simply because they want to hear agreeable news. They are like the patient who change doctors until he finds one who says what he wants to hear

MARCH 28TH, 2011

Science is not immune to fraudulent acts or biased conduct. Cases of scientific fraud are few, but they do occasionally occur. These are usually discovered due to the rigor of the scientific method and the peer review process, through which the very same community of researchers denounces and penalizes such acts

MARCH 11th, 2011

Chemistry is a much broader field than what the general public thinks. The International Year of Chemistry, which has just gotten underway, is the ideal time to explain that this discipline has a major role in improving society’s wellbeing, despite its rather negative reputation

JANUARY 27th, 2011

In 2006, Germany celebrated the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the first Neanderthal, named after a valley near Düsseldorf. The media joked about the "first German." But, 40,000 years ago, there were no border controls, and Neanderthal fossils have been found in a dozen countries all over Europe and Western Asia.

11 May 2010

Oliver Hochadel, History of Science