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Expert Opinions

The most pressing issues in science illuminated by the perspectives of those who know them best: working scientists

Can AI help diagnose depression? It's a long shot

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At the moment, machine intelligence is just as subjective as human intelligence

Alejandra Canales, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Graduate student working conditions are worsening. To fight back, they're unionizing

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Kristifor Sunderic, BMCC CUNY

Scientists have shown the perfect way to make pancakes, and that has huge implications

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Molly Sargen, Harvard University

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We can use genes to find serial killers, but how much more can they really tell us?

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Yewande Pearse, LA Biomed

Here's another study on the genetics of same-sex sexual behavior, with a lot of caveats

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Dan Samorodnitsky

Low-tech scientists are using their eyes, ears, and intuition to make important discoveries

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Hannah Thomasy, University of Washington

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This OB-GYN is waging war on Goop products, pseudoscience, and health misinformation

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Farah Qaiser, University of Toronto

Scientists tried to replicate a provocative gene editing paper in real-time, and documented it on Twitter

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Alison Koontz, Caltech

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Before Apollo 11 landed, astronauts needed a map of the Moon

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Timothy Swindle, University of Arizona

"Paraben-free" products aren't safer than anything else

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It's unclear if parabens are dangerous, and if they're not being used then some other preservative is

Emily Harari, UC Berkeley

Sex isn't binary, and we should stop acting like it is

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Liza Brusman, The Scripps Research Institute

Alternative medicine could treat our maladies, but we have to study it

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Song-My Hoang, University of Pittsburgh

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The 1919 solar eclipse experiment that confirmed relativity was built with sweat and hard, physical labor

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Joshua Roebke, University of Texas at Austin

Why parents should think twice about tracking apps for their kids

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Joel Michael Reynolds, UMass Lowell

Great minds think differently - supporting neurodiversity benefits scientific progress

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Susanna Harris, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Juan Pablo Ruiz, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Science has to do better for its queer, trans, and non-binary scientists

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Lila Leatherman, Oregon State University

Climate change is causing floods all over the world. Here's what you can do to help

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Gabriela Serrato Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Who owns your cells?

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Sarah Kearns, University of Michigan

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Why aren't there quality controls for antibody research?

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One of science's most helpful tools gives an alarming number of false results

Daniel Bojar, ETH Zurich

Why fieldwork is still crucial for science research

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Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

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Why science education for seniors is a boon for them – and for everyone else

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Brianna Bibel, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

'Orphan drugs' are ascendant. What will that mean for people with rare diseases?

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Tara Fernandez, Cell Biology

Trump's wall would harm unique and fragile wildlife on the California border

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Christa Trexler, UC San Diego

Billionaires are rushing into biotech. Inequality is following them into science

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Joshua Peters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Why is it so hard for scientists to talk about leaving academia?

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Prabarna Ganguly, Northeastern University

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The Graduate Research Fellowship Program favors elite schools – again

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Kelsey Lucas, University of Michigan

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A scientist responds to that 'Science' Instagram essay

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Gabriela Serrato Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

I crush stalagmites from protected caves. What can I do to give back?

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Scientists should do more with the communities where they work, a cave researcher writes

Gabriela Serrato Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Plants are not conscious, whether you can 'sedate' them or not

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Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

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BRCA genes are more complicated than most people think

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Rachel Aronoff, Molecular Microbiology

Science doesn't need to be so complicated. The answer: more sensible statistics

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Irineo Cabreros, Princeton University

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Ketogenetic dieting aids look too good to be true because they are

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Kevin Pels, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

It's time to stop excluding people with disabilities from science

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Gabriela Serrato Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The hidden costs of fieldwork are making science less diverse

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Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

The Republican tax plan would hurt students and young people. We can't let it pass

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Dan Samorodnitsky

The Mother's Curse: how a French king’s legacy revealed a loophole in evolution

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Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

Rand Paul's bill to stop 'silly' science would stifle research, innovation, and the economy

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The senator has backed a bill that would let political appointees and "taxpayer advocates" cut research

Gregory Logan-Graf, Carnegie Mellon University

CAR-T could revolutionize cancer treatment. It can also be fatal

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Kevin Pels, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

My 'basic' fruit fly research could help save lives

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Gregory Logan-Graf, Carnegie Mellon University

The science Nobel Prizes are sexist, racist, and misleading. Let's rethink them

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Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

Why studies that rely too much on drugs often fail to hold up

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Anastasia Gorelova, University of Pittsburgh

Dear Harvard, Berkeley, and MIT: don't patent CRISPR

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Dan Samorodnitsky

The next revolution in food is being held up by regulation

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Kate Krueger, New Harvest

Why GMO labeling laws won't help US consumers make better decisions

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Andrew Scarpelli, National Louis University

Scientists shouldn't be punished for being wrong

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Jay Bassan, University of Toronto

This biologist believes we should embrace human gene editing

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It could free millions from preventable, predetermined suffering

Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

Feeding the world as the climate changes will depend on genetic engineering

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Jackie Grimm, Princeton University

Why you shouldn't worry about the bacteria in your sponges

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Kevin Pels, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

We need to change the way we think about alcoholism

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David Haggerty, Indiana University School of Medicine

How Shark Week hurts the very creatures it celebrates

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Anna Robuck, University of Rhode Island

I empathize with anti-vaxxers. Here's how flawed autism science can lead to the wrong conclusions.

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David Haggerty, Indiana University School of Medicine

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