OpenMind Magazine

We are a digital magazine covering disinformation, controversy, cognitive manipulation, and conspiracy theory in science. We publish public service science journalism at the crossroads of culture and politics, addressing areas from biomedicine to neuroscience to technology. Our goals are to expand public understanding of the scientific method and to extend the benefits of science to the widest possible audience while combating rampant disinformation. OpenMind is motivated by the enormous global challenges, from the Covid pandemic to the climate crisis, that force us to confront the damaging ways that public understanding of science can be twisted. Everyone is vulnerable to manipulation, especially when bombarded with information overload and forced to adapt to fast-developing technologies. We aim to offer clarifying perspectives and fresh insights on the most important issues in science and technology. We confront misinformation, conspiracy theories, and problematic ways of communicating scientific ideas. We interrogate bad science journalism and media, analyze exemplars of reporting done well, discuss the latest cognitive research on how we think about science, untangle the politics of science, and examine how culture and history influence the ways different groups interact with the scientific enterprise. In every area, we seek out ways to do better. Our goal is not just deeper understanding, but finding a path to happier, healthier, and more just world. OpenMind Magazine is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization tackling deception in science.