FeaturesTylenol Debate Shows Science Transparency Gaps. Can DeSci Help?
The Trump administration's controversial link between prenatal acetaminophen use and autism has reignited debates about scientific credibility, highlighting how decentralized science (DeSci) could enhance trust through blockchain-based transparency. DeSci experiments with DAO funding, open data repositories, and token-incentivized peer review to address traditional science's bottlenecks in funding access, data sharing, and reproducibility. While projects like VitaDAO and MoleculeDAO demonstrate early potential, DeSci faces scalability costs, quality control challenges, and regulatory hurdles before mainstream adoption.