Physicist and former Congressman Rush Holt spoke about science, democracy and returning scientific research to the public.

In today’s polarized digital landscape, disagreement often leads to division rather than dialogue. But what if scientific thinking could help us navigate online noise, challenge our assumptions, and ...

A new course offered this past spring, Sense & Sensibility & Science @UChicago: Scientific Thinking in a Democracy, highlights how scientific reasoning and tools can help both policy novices and ...

Cognitive bias in contemporary times highlights a pressing challenge of our era: the unconscious ways our minds distort reality. Mental shortcuts – like seeing patterns where none exists or giving ...