A new grant awarded to a researcher from Virginia Tech illuminates an important but poorly understood fact about science and engineering – it's all done by humans and humans are not objective ...

No one would proceed with a clinical trial if a key measurement tool — a thermometer or fMRI, for example — was improperly calibrated. So why don’t we hold our participants, who are arguably the most ...

One of the biggest problems in reviewing tech products — especially mobile products such as cell phones, headsets, media players, etc — is the problem of objectivity. How objective can you be in a ...

For centuries, humanity has sought truth as if it were a fixed point, a universal coordinate we could all see the same way. However, in practice, truth often has as many versions as there are people ...

According to FDA 820.3(z), “Validation means confirmation by examination and provision of objective evidence that the particular requirements for a specific intended use can be consistently fulfilled.