Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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Science

9 out of 10 doctors agree – for now, at least

When science gets tangled with money and politics, certainty is the first casualty. Just ask the cigarette-smoking doctors of the 1940s, or perhaps the Tylenol debaters of today. Dominique Olivier delivers a timely reminder of the risk of uncertainty in science and how companies can exploit it.

The IVF pioneer that the world (almost) forgot

Science doesn’t just progress in laboratories. It unfolds in the margins, shaped by the people, politics, and institutions around it. The story of IVF, when told in full, reminds us that breakthroughs are often born twice: once in the petri dish, and again in the public imagination. Dominique Olivier explains how IVF was really developed.

Stigler’s Law: Whose idea is it anyway?

Stigler's Law tells us that no scientific discovery is ever named after its original discoverer. Of course, even Stigler himself didn't come up with this idea. Dominique Olivier delves into the concept of originality and whether it really exists at all.
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