New technologies like AI come with big claims – borrowing the scientific concept of validity can help cut through the hype

Scientists across all fields make various types of claims about their innovations. Validity tests check whether they deliver ...
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Evaluating Scientific Claims in the Era of COVID-19

Hydroxychloroquine! Famotidine! Ozone! Bleach! Every day there seem to be claims for new treatments to conquer COVID-19 or a host of other ills, ranging from measles to AIDS. For the last half-dozen ...

Harvard's Avi Loeb Claims 3I/ATLAS Could Be A 'Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft'

Harvard's Avi Loeb fuels debate as 3I/ATLAS sparks claims of a nuclear-powered alien spacecraft amid new images and rising ...