Science - Rationale Magazine

18 May

Unravelling life’s origin

There is still so much we don’t understand about the origin of life on Earth. The definition of life itself is a source of debate am...

27 Apr

Science & Health

To restore trust in science, we need great storytellers

27/04/2024
By Peter C Doherty
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All good scientists are sceptics. Scepticism is central to the scientific method, which is basically designed to prevent the most human...

05 Jan

Letters to the Editor

Conference shows what secularists are for, not against

Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. See our ...

20 Dec

Science & Health

Intellectual humility is a key ingredient for scientific progress

20/12/2023
By Michael Dickson
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The virtue of intellectual humility is getting a lot of attention. It’s heralded as a part of wisdom, an aid to self-improvem...

14 Dec

Science & Health

The real work of science communicators

17/12/2023
By Heather Bray
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A stir went through the Australian science communication community last month, caused by an article with the headline 'Science commu...

24 Oct

Science & Health

Sagan’s experiment a guiding light in the search for life

24/10/2023
By Gareth Dorrian
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It’s been 30 years since a group of scientists led by Carl Sagan found evidence for life on Earth using data from instrum...

25 Aug

Law & Politics

What do climate denialists do when the facts change?

25/08/2023
By Noel Turnbull
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John Maynard Keynes is widely believed to have said: “Well, when the facts change I change my mind. What do you do?” It was probably ac...

21 Aug

Feature series, Science & Health

Non-overlapping magisteria: Why Gould got it wrong

This article is part of our ‘Celebrate Science’ feature series to mark National Science Week. It was originally published in the...

17 Aug

Feature series, Science & Health

Teaching science to children

This article is part of our ‘Celebrate Science’ feature series to mark National Science Week. It was originally published in the...

14 Aug

Feature series, Science & Health

Reflections on the erasure of Hellenistic science

17/08/2023
By Paul Monk
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This article is part of our ‘Celebrate Science’ feature series to mark National Science Week. It was originally published in the...

20 Jul

Science & Health

When scientists speak out

20/07/2023
By Scott Frickel
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Hundreds of scientists protested government efforts to restrict educational access to Western science theories, including Darwin...

21 Mar

Science & Health

Lessons from social science forecasting during the pandemic

Imagine being a policymaker at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. You have to decide which actions to recommend, how much risk to ...

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