Medical research plays a vital role in advancing healthcare, improving treatment, and informing public health policies. However, it can be difficult to understand a study or whether it is trustworthy.

Thousands of scientific papers have used data collected by users of the platform iNaturalist, according to new research. By Emily Anthes In the spring of 2019, a nature photographer hiking in the ...

A new study published in Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science provides crucial insights into the design and ...

Learning how to conduct accurate, discipline-specific academic research can feel daunting at first. But, with a solid understanding of the reasoning behind why we use academic citations coupled with ...

Adopting a targeted, multi-pass reading approach to research studies can help you efficiently locate and extract the information you’re looking for while identifying potential limitations. Reading a ...

In a 26-year longitudinal study of children from low- and higher-income families in the United States, large gaps in life opportunities at home, childcare, school, afterschool, and in the neighborhood ...

It’s well-known that professors across all disciplines are under pressure to publish if they want to get tenure. But what’s been less known is how achieving tenure—and the job security that comes with ...

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 ...

A new study suggests that the federal government's cutbacks to scientific research funding could result in a long-term reduction in GDP. The Trump administration’s wide-spread reductions in funding ...

The rise of "fake" science poses a serious threat to the integrity of academic research, a new study warns. A widespread underground network of fraudsters is pumping out fake scientific results at an ...

Decades of wellness studies have identified a formula for happiness, but you won’t figure it out alone. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer Supported by By Susan Dominus Growing up in Maryland, ...