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With science's "Replication Crisis" raging, it's becoming increasingly apparent that many modern scientists are more interested in proving hypotheses than disproving them. Measured skepticism has ...

If you're a regular reader of my post, then you may have noticed I'm often critical of research papers or news stories I come across. I'm not doing that to be a smart-aleck, but rather to demonstrate ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Esther Jones, Associate Professor of English, ...