Scientific research is a dynamic process of studying phenomena through creative and systematic investigation. This process integrates new information with existing scientific knowledge. At the core of ...

The rules of statistical physics address the uncertainty about the state of a system that arises when that system interacts with its environment. But they've long missed another kind. In a new paper, ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is continuing its mission to collect samples despite uncertainty about when or if those ...

Many policies -- from medicine to terrorism -- depend on how the general public accepts and understands scientific evidence. People view different branches of sciences as having different amounts of ...

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Public trust in science has taken a beating during the pandemic, and experts argue helping students understand natural uncertainty in science could help restore it. “When scientific findings change, ...

Researchers looking at the same data set in social science produce wildly different results, and very little of that variability can be explained by bias. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

As climate change makes periods of record low snow more frequent, a new study helps to bridge disagreement over how to measure snow depth and how to define snow drought. Periods of record low snow ...

Here are six straightforward steps to making better decisions and regaining a sense of calm and control. Living with uncertainty is exchausting. Our brains treat it like a threat and trigger us to ...

Julie Heng ’24 is a Crimson Editorial editor. Her column runs on alternate Tuesdays. There’s not a lot going for uncertainty. As Harvard professor emeritus of zoology and biology Richard Lewontin ...