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Science isn't broken, but we can do better: here's how

  • Written by Alan Finkel, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist
Science isn't broken, but we can do better: here's howThe Golden Age of science is in the future.Joker/Shutterstock

Every time a scandal breaks in one of the thousands of places where research is conducted across the world, we see headlines to the effect that “science is broken”.

But if it’s “broken” today, then when do we suggest it was better?

Point me to the period in...