Reproducibility is one of the buzziest terms in science today. After all, science by its nature is not supposed to be a one-and-done affair. But a new paper in Science Translational Medicine argues ...
Science and data are interwoven in many ways. The scientific method has lent a good part of its overall approach and practices to data-driven analytics, software development, and data science. Now ...
Reproducibility is a common standard for scientific data. If experimental or descriptive data cannot be reproduced, then they are generally discarded. Reproducibility was mentioned by several ...
More than a year after he committed suicide, is Robin Williams still funny? The answer, both before his tragic death and after, probably is a matter of personal preference. It’s also now a key to ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...
Social science, including behavioral economics, has recently come under fire as failing to generate studies with reproducible results. The Reproducibility Project made waves in August of 2015 when it ...
In 2012, the biotechnology firm Amgen could only replicate 6 out 53 “landmark” studies in hematology and oncology. That finding was not unusual. In the last 15 years, study after study has revealed ...
Most rational humans hold some faith in science. We trust that scientists, through their hard-won expertise, are well equipped to conduct studies that provide proof of why things are the way they are, ...
Over the past decade, scientists have been wrestling with the possibility that many published findings may not actually be true. The worry is that poorly designed studies, intense pressures to publish ...
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