Citizen science projects are meant to involve the public in research, but researchers are starting to ask if the name itself is exclusionary. Could "citizen" discourage Indigenous people and ...

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One factor that influences the use of the labels "soft science" or "hard science" is gender bias, according to recent research my colleagues and I conducted. Women's participation varies across STEM ...

The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it will allow food manufacturers to make health claims for two omega-3 fatty acids—oils typically found in coldwater fish. Food labels can now note ...

Even health-conscious shoppers who read nutrition labels pay much less attention to the information than they think they do, according to a new study. Researchers found that 33 percent of study ...

The ubiquitous nutrition label on food packages is about to get its first overhaul in 20 years, a change that is likely to have a dramatic effect on what people choose to eat and drink and what ...

Few labels carry the weight and popular ridicule that accompanies the “anti-science” label. Being “anti-science” is akin to pre-Enlightenment backwardness and indicates an individual should not be ...

You’ve probably been there: standing in the beauty aisle, flipping over a fancy moisturizer, only to be greeted by an ...