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The group neglected to fully document key aspects of the project ahead of running the experiments, one of the practices the study was looking to test.

Anthropologist Susan Greenhalgh describes how soda companies have influenced the science around sugary drinks.

Academia’s favorite bias test doesn’t work. Are the vast majority of us infested with implicit racial bias? That is the claim made by people such as Eric Holder, Barack Obama, and a host of ...

What was once fair under the law may become unfair when science changes. The law must react to uphold due process ...

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A recent study showed women experience a short-term "motherhood penalty" but their earnings rebound within a decade.

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A serious problem for the environment nowadays is the scholar- and media-driven promotion of peer-reviewed scientific studies ...

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A study trumpeting the value of applying rigorous standards to scientific research was retracted, in part because the authors didn’t follow their own advice. In the sprawling project, scientists ...