6 April 2022
It started in psychology, but now findings in many scientific fields are proving impossible to replicate. Here's what researchers are doing to restore science's reputation
30 March 2022
A network of 100,000 animals connected by trackers and watched from space could explain extraordinary animal behaviour and help forecast volcanic eruptions, extreme weather and emerging diseases
4 August 2021
Discoveries of mass graves of Indigenous children in Canada have prompted new scrutiny of the residential school system – including the role physicians played in unethical experiments, says paediatrician Samir Shaheen-Hussain
19 August 2020
The systems of science are perpetuating bias, hype, negligence and fraud – and this means far too many findings are worthless, says psychologist Stuart Ritchie
22 April 2020
Are shark attacks and ice cream sales linked? Do drugs work? Being able to distinguish cause and effect is crucial. Now we have the maths to do it reliably
10 April 2019
As the UK prepares for a massive increase in R&D spending, which skills are the hardest to recruit for?
16 January 2019
Ambitious new theories dreamed up to explain reality have led us nowhere. Meet the hardcore physicists trying to think their way out of this black hole
21 November 2018
We fund scientific research through our taxes but often have to pay a hefty fee to read its findings. An uprising aims to bring the knowledge paywall crashing down
31 January 2018
Marion Nestle has been fighting food industry giants for decades. Now she wants to expose the way they skew scientific research for their own gain
19 December 2017
Heard the one about the British scientist? Tales of idiotic research from the UK are common currency in Russia – a harmless stereotype, or something more sinister?
