Academic Research - replication crisis, false findings, and problems with research publishing

A 2014 research study with a catchy title is often pointed to by those who worry that technology is having unexpected downsides in the classroom. I... (2021)

Decades of early research on the genetics of depression were built on nonexistent foundations. How did that happen? "Over two decades, this one ... (2019)

LastWeekTonight Published on May 8, 2016 John Oliver discusses how and why media outlets so often report untrue or incomplete information as sc... (2018)

Researchers should embrace negative results instead of accentuating the positive, which is one of several biases that can lead to bad science. (2018)

Brian Wansink made a name for himself producing pithy, palatable studies that connected people's eating habits with cues from their environment. Hi... (2018)

Another big project has found that only half of studies can be repeated. And this time, the usual explanations fall flat. (2018)

So why can't the journals that publish them? (2018)

There is increasing concern that most current published research findings are false. The probability that a research claim is true may depend on st... (2019)

Survey sheds light on the ‘crisis’ rocking research. “ More than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist's exper... (2020)

Here’s how that might save science. " SURE is actually far from boring, even if the papers it publishes are guaranteed to be, as the name implie... (2019)