We expect the government to make policies based on evidence, or that they know the evidence and have clear reasons to reject it. But how can we weigh up the [...]
Newspapers, politicians, celebrities and companies are good at making claims about what is best for our health, for our environment, and for our schools. Some of these claims are supported [...]
We hear daily claims about what is good for our health, bad for the environment, how to improve education, cut crime, treat disease or improve agriculture. Some are based on [...]
This ask for evidence story was written by Prateek Buch, policy director of Evidence Matters. After the Queen set out the government’s programme for the new session of Parliament, we [...]
Experts are warning that politicians are making sweeping promises to reduce crime that are nearly always wrong. This has to stop, which is why researchers and members of the public [...]
Ten passionate early career researchers have been selected from over 100 applicants as our 2016 Ask for Evidence ambassadors. They will represent the campaign at talks around the UK and [...]
Politicians, companies, commentators and official bodies make a lot of claims about what is good for our health, bad for our environment, how to improve education and cut crime. But [...]
Allergies can be life threatening and are on the rise but symptoms are often confused with other conditions. With limited medical tests, many are beginning to self-diagnose, seek help from [...]
Politicians, companies, commentators and official bodies make a lot of claims about what is good for our health, bad for our environment, how to improve education and cut crime. But [...]
Last weekend I gave a short talk about Ask for Evidence to the Friends of the Caribbean, a registered charity representing the Caribbean community in the UK. It was a [...]
If you can make it down to London on Sunday the 11th of October, Chris from the Ask for Evidence campaign will be talking at the Conway Hall Ethical Society [...]
Sense About Science is recruiting six ambassadors to represent the Ask for Evidence campaign and give talks to different groups across society. Ask for Evidence is a public campaign that [...]
Check out some Ask for Evidenve stories from Voice of Young Science members Chelsea, Dominic and Jess. For more myth-busting on allergy tests and treatments, see Sense About Science’s public guide Making Sense [...]
Crime is one of the main issues people are concerned about in this election. But politicians have been telling us fictions about crime. The general election manifestos of five of the [...]
It is well established that diabetes and obesity are on the rise – and that any increase in disease in the UK is going to cost the NHS money. So [...]
