Why science needs uncertainty

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Aug 20, 202625:20Science & Medicine

Stuart Firestein, Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, explores why uncertainty is essential to science and how embracing what we don't know can foster creativity, innovation and a more informed understandin...

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