The John Maddox Prize has been awarded annually since 2012 to “researchers who have shown great courage and integrity in standing up for science and scientific reasoning against fierce opposition and hostility”. The prize is a joint initiative between the journal Nature and the Sense about Science charity. Fergus Kane nominated Alexandra Elbakyan, creator of Sci-Hub, for the prize in 2018. While selected to a final shortlist, she did not win. Dr. Kane has nominated …| Satoshi Village
I first heard about the John Maddox Prize in 2015, when Professor Edzard Ernst received it for his career-long fight against pseudoscience in healthcare, and the dire consequences he faced in this endeavour. Dr Ernst’s books, papers and online writings had been a huge inspiration of mine, as I was taking my first steps into... More The post Bringing awareness to struggles faced by those standing up for science first appeared on Sense about Science.| Sense about Science