A recent high-profile paper suggesting that science is becoming dramatically less disruptive set the academic world abuzz. One interpretation of this finding — though by no means the only one — is ...

In an era when fake news and AI-created photos and videos populate the digital world, the ability to recognise what is valid and solid evidence (and what is not) is increasingly important. This is ...

Wallingford, UK, 8 December 2025 – CABI has launched a new course, Primer on Evidence Synthesis, as part of its free suite of learning resources alongside the Evidence Synthesis Skills Framework. This ...

Reviewing evidence is an explicit, systematic and transparent process that can be applied to both quantitative (experimental and observational) and qualitative evidence (see the chapter on developing ...

The recent announcement of a £11.5 million investment by UKRI into an AI evidence synthesis project makes it sound like we are on the brink of a technological revolution. However, there may be some ...