A multi-year study of the reliability of published social & behavioral science research has found that only about half of ...

The number of scientific papers flagged as fraudulent has been growing. Now a new paper sheds light on how it’s being done. Researchers found loose networks of unscrupulous editors working with ...

Societal challenges, from climate change to public health crises to advancements in artificial intelligence, have been intrinsically linked with scientific progress for generations. But as politics ...

The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic journals after failing to meet quality criteria, according to a report by ...

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Platforms such as iNaturalist and eBird encourage people to observe and document nature, but how accurate is the ecological data that they collect? In a new study published in Citizen Science: Theory ...

Is this pensive-looking chimp contemplating a new idea? An incredible new study proves the primate has a mind closer to humans than we previously thought. ondrejprosicky - stock.adobe.com They’re not ...