The war on science

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How fake science websites hijack our trust in experts to hinder the fight against the climate crisis

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The deniers of the climate crisis can't get into scientific journals, so they try their luck using websites that pretend to be such journals. A communication researcher explains how to identify such sites
The three monkeys - an illustration of the fooling process. Image: depositphotos.com

Stupidity defeated democracy

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Stupidify Stupidify according to the Oxford dictionary. There are too many people who want the citizens to be stupid. Democracy fell when ancient Rome became an empire, the end is known. You have to do everything to stop
Deep Pike. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Deepfake - and the future of democracy

Deepfaked movies can cause harm to real people who appear in them and even cause wars between countries. No wonder the US and the EU recognized Deep Fake as an immediate threat to democracy
Academy of Sciences president exchange ceremony at the president's house 14.11.21 Photo: Michal Fatal happy_2

"The dichotomy: on the one hand, there is a strengthening of science and appreciation for scientists, but there is also a growing movement of disdain for science"

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The incoming president of the Israeli National Academy of Sciences, Prof. David Harel, is trying to dispel this dichotomy. In a conversation with the science website, he explains that, among other things, he intends to reduce the gap between
The Grand Canyon in the service of creation? Source: Claytondodge9, Wikimedia.

The Grand Canyon in the service of creation?

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Different types of turtles. Evolution is the only logical explanation for the variety of life forms on Earth. Source: Ernst Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur (1904) / Wikimedia.

Five things that science knows for sure to be true

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The average global warming of 2012 - 2016. Source: NASA.

Where is science marching - on the occasion of the climate march in Tel Aviv, tomorrow, 28/4

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Scientific literacy does not necessarily mean knowing how heat, pressure and volume are expressed in gas, but rather being aware of the scientific law that determines the relationship between them. FROM PIXABAY.COM

The two questions that assess your scientific literacy

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Medicine shelf in a homeopathic medicine shop in India. Photo: from Wikipedia

Homeopathic medicines and treatments will be required to carry warning labels warning of their ineffectiveness

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The late Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel in a photo from 2012. From Wikipedia

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the late Elie Wiesel, in an interview he gave to the website Hadaan in 2008: Scientists must not cooperate with dangerous regimes

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Horizon 2020. From the program website.

Leaving the UK would harm science in the EU and the UK itself

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The image of the CERN dishwasher. Photo credit: Clara Nellis, CERN

Social Media Science: How Does It Work?

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Consent and unanimity

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Charles Darwin statue, UK. Photo: shutterstock

What is the theory of evolution and how did it all begin?

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The Creation of Man - Michelangelo's famous ceiling painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Rome

The God who created everyone in his own image

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A landscape of olive trees in Italy. Photo: Kite_rin/Shutterstock

The state against science

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On the agenda - why fetuses should not be out of bounds

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Evolution versus creationism. progressed Illustration: shutterstock

What does God do in science classes?

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The Minister of Science, Technology and Space Danny Danon at the ceremony of entering the office, 175/15 from the left - the director general of the office Ido Sharr. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Mr. Minister, I just have a question!

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Teaching evolution in schools. Illustration: shutterstock

Survey: 70% support evolution studies - 66% in Jewish schools, 89% in Arab schools

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Credit: Wikipedia, adapted from an illustration by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Reflections - scientists and research under test / Bracha Reger

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Climate change denial. Illustration: shutterstock

The voice of the skeptic - to forge the doubt / Michael Shermer

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US President Barack Obama, photo from December 2014. Photo: Mykhaylo Palinchak / Shutterstock.com

The voice of the skeptic - a conspiracy for the masses / Michael Shermer

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Mexican "ghost". Halloween costume. Photo: shutterstock

Haunted country MH: The caller who admits that her profession is nothing

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A lesson in modesty. Professor Mario Livio Image courtesy of NASA, ESA, and J. Coyle Jr. (for STScI)

Man as derivative: a scientific conversation with Professor Mario Livio, senior astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute

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Gilad Diamant at the book launch conference "Sharp Thinking - Between Reality and Illusion", Afka College, July 20, 2014. Photo: Gadi Migdal and Boaz Arad

On sharp thinking and the logical fallacies we all fall into

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Charles Darwin on a British banknote with a nominal value of 10 pounds. Photo: shutterstock

The British government decided to ban the study of creationism in schools and academia as a science

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Prayer for the healing of a terminally ill patient. Illustration: shutterstock

About New Age "science".

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Teaching evolution in schools. Illustration: shutterstock

The Ministry of Education is bringing evolution back to schools: "In order for the students to understand the issue of ecology, it is important to understand the scientific basis for the differences between the species and the similarities between some of them: evolution"

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The circled section depicts the part of the universe we should see if it were only 6,500 years old - the distance between the solar system and the Cancer Nebula. Screenshot from the series Cosmos, of the Fox and National Geographic networks

In the fourth episode of Cosmos, Tyson stings the creationists with a caliper

The Cosmic Calendar, a screenshot from the series "Cosmos" presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Photo: FOX and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Science deniers were angry about the second episode of the Cosmos series which dealt with evolution

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Religions in crisis - not in Israel. Illustration: shutterstock

The voice of the skeptic - is God dying? / Michael Shermer

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Inside the Colosseum in Rome. Photo: Daniel Lohmer / Shutterstock.com

Empires fell because of two reasons: social disparity and overexploitation of natural resources; Modern culture is not immune

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From the promo for the Cosmos series, broadcast on the Fox and National Geographic networks. From YOUTUBE

Neil deGrasse Tyson, presenter of the series Cosmos: "If Sagan were alive, he would be most surprised by the fact that we still have to argue that science is important to society."

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The hand of God creates the universe with the big bang. Illustration: shutterstock

"Scientists should be open to considering incorporating miracles into their theories or explanations."

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Astrology is seen as a science. Illustration: shutterstock

Americans support science, but many of them think astrology is science

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Science journalist Bill Nye, screenshot from the YouTube film of the confrontation between science commentator Bill Nye and Kentucky Creation Museum director Ken Hamm, February 5, 2014.

Opinion/ In the confrontation between the science journalist who explained evolution and creation, scientific education won

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A screenshot from the confrontation movie on YOUTUBE

Assessment: Bill Nye won the public debate against the director of the Creation Museum (video)

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Scientist Bill Nye, in a lecture from 2010. From Wikipedia

Tonight, a controversial confrontation: a science journalist will defend evolution in front of a hostile audience at the Creation Museum in Kentucky

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