Bad science is everywhere, from late night informercials to the worlds biggest drug companies. Fortunately, Dr Ben Goldacre has written a very entertaining book to help us identify the telltale signs.

Researchers are dealing with a disturbing trend that threatens the foundation of scientific progress: scientific fraud has become an industry. And it's growing faster than legitimate peer-reviewed ...

In an earlier article “what makes bad science” was discussed, together with examples of bad scientific practice, and we offered tips for critically reading a science paper. In this article the reverse ...

Bad science is a lot like a virus. It starts small, but if it’s shared enough times, it can cause global disruption. What was once a marathon has been compressed to a 400-meter dash: Researchers race ...

In the science communication world, perhaps especially in the subset that we self-identify as “scientific skepticism”, there is a lot of criticism of bad science reporting. The media often gets a lot ...