The recognition of a discovery is the foundation of modern science, but some recent cases suggest that chatbots could make it more difficult to attribute authorship of a work

The Corriere’s interview with Massimo Melelli Roia, who describes himself as a ‘medical non-expert’, risks turning opinions lacking any scientific basis into widespread social beliefs. The consequences could be very dangerous

Faced with imminent danger, we tend to quickly seek a common course of action, ruling out more nuanced responses. The result? Just when we need rationality most, we become more vulnerable to the shortcuts that undermine it

It is necessary to attribute to each individual what they actually decided and to distinguish between error and deception. A public science in which every revision is turned into a fault will end up defending its initial claims even when the evidence has begun to contradict them

If a member of the public encounters biodynamics in universities and legislation, homeopathy in postgraduate courses and the National Health Service, and a machine capable of producing gold in the chambers of the Senate, their difficulty in understanding what is science and what is not can no longer be explained solely by their ignorance

The company considers the linear presentation of the school to be outdated and the narrative about the local area to be more worthwhile. This may be an editorial choice or a decision deemed advantageous in terms of audience reach, but neither of these possibilities matches the explanation provided in the official press release

The channel is being axed just as its viewing figures in recent years have been amongst the best in its history. It will be replaced by the new ‘Italiana’ channel: from schools to sausage festivals, on the same channel number on the remote control

A recent study by Merck and Moderna, which has yet to be verified, promises surprising results from the use of molecular biology in cancer treatment. Unfortunately, the Trump administration wants to turn this into a political battle

The adaptation of our extended phenotype is a race between two speeds: the speed at which the environment changes and the speed at which we are able to anticipate that change and bring about a response in the world. Part Two

The human body has limitations that evolution cannot erase. Technology extends these limits, but our ‘extended phenotype’ depends on energy, wealth, infrastructure and institutions: all variables that climate change can put under pressure. And if the climate changes faster than our ability to adapt, natural selection will determine who manages to do so. Part One