Some misconceptions never die. Three scientists correct the facts people just keep getting wrong.

Scientists need to be careful when speaking outside their fields of expertise — it's impossible to get everything right.

Getting anywhere in academic science — from securing funding to progressing your career — is a tough slog. We need to reevaluate what it means to be a successful researcher.

Science is important, but when it comes to making decisions, we shouldn't pretend it's the only show in town.

While science may seem like an arbiter of hard, certain facts, it's actually much more of a balancing act between evidence and doubt.

Scientists need to craft a logical narrative out of their data, even when the literature looks more like a choose-your-own-adventure.