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Open science’ is a radical shift from traditional research practices. But it can help research integrity in several ways.
This position statement was endorsed by the American Thoracic Society on January 22, 2025. The Sleep Research Society reviewed and endorses the findings and position described in this manuscript.
As we celebrate Earth Month, we are kicking off a series of retrospectives on National Academies reports and activities ...
When science serves a cause, truth takes a back seat. This post explores how activism distorts research and why it matters.
Obesity alters how medications work, increasing the risk of underdosing, overdosing, and unknown interactions. Are package ...
The Kakeya set—named for its discoverer Sōichi Kakeya—was complicated by a subsequent mathematician named Abram Samoilovitch ...
I n early February, Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican from South Carolina, claimed the U.S. government was funding “transgender” ...
Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...
Federal defunding of climate research threatens scientists' ability to understand trends that could have devastating results.
Math and computer science researchers have long known that some questions are fundamentally unanswerable. Now physicists are ...
The cow dung row in Delhi underscores the erosion of scientific temper in India's educational landscape, writes .