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Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Anti-Science countermeasures ...

'We are pleased to announce the winners for the 2025 Nature Awards for Standing Up For Science - The John Maddox Prize.

We are proud to announce that our Maddox Prize winner is Virginia Burkett, United States Geological Survey. Judges were impressed by her persistence, as a government adviser and an expert in coastal systems, in the face of opposition.' ...

https://www.nature.com/immersive/maddoxprize/winners/index.html


Virginia Burkett's five 'tips for resisting the anti-science lurch'

individual
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic -------------------------------------------  mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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group-population

2. KEEP RECEIPTS (your memory)
know your institution's
scientific integrity policy

2. Never compromise
on scientific integrity
3. Find allies
5. Be prepared for setbacks,
e.g. relying on family and religious faith.

keep receipts (your defence)
4. KNOW YOUR INSTITUTION'S 
SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY POLICY


My source:

Anjana Ahuja, Tips for resisting the anti-science lurch, Opinion, Research. Financial Times, Wednesday 5 November, 2025, p.20.