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Intellectual humility can play a positive role in science. Intellectual humility is not scepticism. It does not imply doubt. An intellectually humble person may have strong commitments to various beliefs – scientific, moral, religious, political or other – and may pursue those commitments with vigor. Their intellectual humility lies in…

The virtue of intellectual humility is getting a lot of attention. It’s heralded as a part of wisdom, an aid to self-improvement and a catalyst for more productive political dialogue. While researchers define intellectual humility in various ways, the core of the idea is “recognizing that one’s beliefs and opinions…

Group A streptococci, also known as “strep A”, were the first organisms ever identified to be the cause of a disease.

Science should be a profession, not a priesthood.

Mark Rylance mines more drama from the doctor driven mad by his work on hygiene than Elizabeth McGovern finds in the faded glamour of Ava Gardner

Rylance turns the life of the 19th-century doctor and campaigner for antiseptic practices into a tragedy of almost Shakespearean proportions