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Tag: ethics in science

Collection is not curation: artifact hunting and personal collections

Posted June 29, 2019 by Guest Contributor

Colored image that reads “archaeological preservation” and includes a list of some of the American laws that protect archaeological sites.

This is a ScIU guest post by Krystiana Krupa, a Ph.D. candidate in IU’s Department of Anthropology and Research Associate for IU NAGPRA, and Molly Mesner Bleyhl, a Ph.D. student in IU’s Department of Anthropology and Graduate Assistant for IU NAGPRA It is common practice for hikers to pick up artifacts that they find on… Read more »

Can science be value-free? The “gap” argument

Posted May 7, 2019 by Chris ChoGlueck

This graphic has the structure of two circles connected by a bridge. The right circle has a line graph and is labeled "data,", which is conntect by a bridge labeled "evidence" with background knoweldge, to the left circle labeled "hypothesis" with a lightbulb inside.

If scientists are in the business of facts, is there still space for human values?  Like many other scientists-in-training, I used to think of the sciences as ideally free from societal values, such as environmentalism and feminism.  Sure, our ethical or political biases might guide what scientists study or how others use that knowledge.  But,… Read more »

Deceiving with doubt: How industry denies scientific evidence on the dangers of pesticides

Posted March 19, 2019 by Chris ChoGlueck

The bias of industry-funded research is pervasive and well-documented.  When industry funds a study, it is more likely to produce pro-industry conclusions than is a non-industry funded study.  Companies regularly use this pro-industry science to cast doubt on research that hurts their bottom line.  Classic cases come from the tobacco and fossil-fuel industries, challenging evidence about the… Read more »

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