#science policy

New Climate Report Sparks Outrage

Climate sceptics are calling it “organised crime,” a “coup d’état,” and “worse than Climategate.” Their target is a new report from the US National Academies of Sciences about extreme weather attribution. I had a look at it, and I understand why they’re unhappy.

Sabine Hossenfelder · EN

In a Long-Awaited Move, FDA Enforces Trial Result Transparency

After years of limited oversight, the FDA sent warnings to more than 2,200 clinical trial sponsors about missing results, which were supposed to be uploaded to an official public database. Experts have pushed for greater transparency.

Undark · EN

Body Snatchers and the Murky Process of Whole-Body Donation

Opinion | Each year, more than 20,000 people in the U.S. donate their bodies to science after death. But the programs that handle whole-body donations lack oversight, with inconsistencies in standards of consent, transparency, and accountability. The result is reminiscent of the body-snatching practices of years past.

Undark · EN