AI tools · Research
Ask a science question and see what papers say
Consensus searches scientific papers for your question and summarizes how those papers answer it, with links you can open.
Who it helps
Consensus is for people who want a scientific question answered from papers, not from a general web search. It fits curious readers, students, and professionals who can read an abstract and want to see whether studies lean the same way.
If you have ever typed a sleep, climate, or nutrition question into a search bar and gotten ads, this is a calmer starting point: papers first, with extracts and a short synthesis.
A free account lets you search with limits. Paid plans raise them when this becomes a weekly habit.
How it makes life easier
Type a question. Consensus looks through scientific papers and shows results with extracts, plus a short synthesis of what those papers report. Links let you open the study.
The synthesis is a reading aid across the results it found. It can describe agreement and disagreement, which is useful before you pick a paper to read in full.
You get a faster path into the literature. Cite the papers you opened. Use the summary to decide where to spend that attention.
What you get
The search is aimed at papers
You are not mixing forums and ads into the same results as a general web search.
A short synthesis sits on top
See the shape of the results before you decide which studies to open, which saves a lot of skimming.
Each claim can be traced
The papers are linked, so a sentence in the summary has a place to go check.
Questions
Is the summary a new study?
No. It is a reading of papers the search returned. Use it to see the landscape, then open the studies you will rely on and cite those.
Can I use the free account?
Yes, with limits on how much you can search. Paid plans increase that. The current line is on their site. Start with a question you actually have and see the format.
What kinds of questions work well?
Questions that papers have something to say about: nutrition, sleep, climate, psychology, and similar topics. Phrase it plainly, then open a couple of studies from the list to go deeper.
See Consensus and try it on your next task.
Continue to Consensus