Science - Rationale Magazine

24 Feb

How climate scientists balance the tension between research and public protest

24/02/2026
By Samuel Finnerty
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From marches and demonstrations to civil disobedience, scientists are increasingly turning to climate protest. As a social psychologist...

12 Feb

Philosophy & Psychology

Orwell’s desire for a new way of thinking about science

12/02/2026
By Robert Colls
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In October 1945, George Orwell responded to a letter from Mr J Stewart Cook in the leftwing weekly newspaper Tribune calling for more s...

04 Feb

Science & Health

Marketing science

05/02/2026
By Beth DuFault
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People often see science as a world apart: cool, rational and untouched by persuasion or performance. In this view, scientists s...

06 Jan

Science & Health

Key lessons about misinformation from ancient scientists

06/01/2026
By Jemima McPhee
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Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West’s first scientist...

12 Sep

Science & Health

We risk a deluge of AI-written ‘science’ pushing corporate interests

12/09/2025
By David Comerford
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Back in the 2000s, the American pharmaceutical firm Wyeth was sued by thousands of women who had developed breast cancer after t...

14 Aug

Science & Health

Science versus ownership: The true value of fossils

14/08/2025
By Jessica Theodor
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Last year, a Stegosaurus nicknamed 'Apex' sold at auction for US$40.5 million. A juvenile Ceratosaurus fetched US$30.5 millio...

31 Jul

Science & Health

When AI audits the scholarly record, what will happen to public trust in science?

31/07/2025
By Naomi Oreskes
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Self-correction is fundamental to science. One of its most important forms is peer review, when anonymous experts scrutinise res...

07 Jun

Science & Health

Reproducibility: A foundation of scientific credibility

07/06/2025
By Sarah Supp
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Many people have been there. The dinner party is going well until someone decides to introduce a controversial topic. In today’s world,...

05 May

Science & Health

Just like magic: Tapping into the secrets of the human mind

05/05/2025
By Radoslaw Wincza
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Magicians have long been masters of mind games, turning our brain’s quirks and blind spots into moments of pure astonishment. But magic...

26 Apr

Law & Politics

Countering this election’s climate misinformation campaigns

26/04/2025
By Libby Lester
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Australia’s climate and energy wars are at the forefront of the federal election campaign as the major parties outline vastly different...

30 Jan

Science & Health

Separating facts from fake news in the realm of health and nutrition

The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated a vast landscape of misinformation about many topics, science and health chief among them

22 Jan

Science & Health

In science we trust

22/01/2025
By Mathew Marques
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Public trust in scientists is vital. It can help us with personal decisions on matters like health and provide evidence-based policymak...

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