A recent study published in Public Understanding of Science has shed light on how retractions of scientific papers, intended ...

The SSR initiative focusses on transforming scientific discoveries into real-world applications that benefit society while promoting scientific literacy among the public.

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Psychologists and other experts examine how disasters like the LA wildfires can tap into our own trauma and sense of identity ...

Paper mills’ are contaminating the world’s scholarly output with fake papers that hinder research. Lifesaving biomedical ...

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Piller, an investigative reporter at Science magazine, presents copious evidence of severe fraud, negligence, and ...

In her first column, APS President Randi Martin makes the case for collaborative research that cuts across research areas. In 2024, psychological scientists proposed a range of innovative developments ...

Alireza Ghaffarian enrolled in economics because he thought it would get him a good finance job. But he dropped out of the ...

Read our submission to the UK National Data Library: Technical White Paper Challenge, initiated by Wellcome and the Economic ...

To do this, it tracks how often published peer-reviewed research is mentioned online in news articles, as well as on blogs, Wikipedia and on social ... science in 2023, last year saw a return to more ...

The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follows an executive order from president Donald Trump, and ...