This article examples whether or not we should take results from social sciences seriously. It compares the studies in social sciences to studies in natural sciences and claims that natural sciences hold a much higher status of credibility than social sciences.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/science/mind-control-in-a-flash-of-light.html?ref=science&_r=0 This article talks about a new science break through that could potentially allow scientists to control neurons in the brain and detect the activity in different parts. Though this isn't directly a TOK reference, it is interesting to see how the scientific method applies here and think about whether these scientists are performing their experiments to get the results they expected. It also shows current evolution of understanding that proves that what we believed yesterday was not necessarily true.
This article talks about the situation with doctors in Syria and ethics behind their duty to share evidence of nuclear warfare with American and UN officials versus the risk that puts them in with the warlords.
This article is really interesting, because it discusses how the brain feels or creates physical pain for things such as rejection. It uses an example of a person in a simulation being left out of a group passing balls to each other and shows that that person experiences stimulation in his physical pain part of the brain as well as a emotion of rejection. It also talks about the effects of social pain on changing our actions.