%0 Journal Article %T The challenge of the post-truth era %J - %D 2018 %R https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-018-0231-z %X Science denial is not new but, in the digital age, evidence-based conclusions appear to be increasingly threatened by beliefs based on emotion and isolated personal experience. When confronting a post-truth world, scientists must defend the scientific method and increase public engagement %U https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-018-0231-z