Science has been at the centre of attempts by major industries, including tobacco, chemical,
and pharmaceutical, to delay progress in tackling threats to human and planetary health by …

Background Tobacco corporation Philip Morris International launched the Foundation for a
Smoke-Free World (FSFW), a purportedly independent scientific organisation, in 2017. We …

Private companies provide by far the most funding for scientific research and development.
Nevertheless, relatively little attention has been paid to the dynamics of industry‐funded …

What differentiates scientific research from non-scientific inquiry? Philosophers addressing
this question have typically been inspired by the exalted social place and intellectual …

Financial conflicts of interest, several cases of scientific fraud, and research limitations from
strong intellectual property laws have all led to questioning the epistemic and social justice …

Los conflictos de intereses, los casos de fraude científico y las limitaciones a la
investigación por las leyes de propiedad intelectual han llevado a cuestionar la idoneidad …

The shooting bias hypothesis aims to explain the disproportionate number of minorities
killed by police. We present the evidence mounting in support of the existence of shooting …

Post-truth politics has led to a number of prominent reflections on the extent to which the
basic tenets of STS (social construction, the symmetry thesis, etc.) must be amended …

The article examines the idea that commercialized science is a central factor in the erosion
of trust in science. I claim that commercial interests have a negative impact on the …

Sponsorship bias occurs when the financial interests of funders of scientific research
influence claims made by scientists, especially in peer-reviewed publications. This article …