The manipulation of statistics to make results more visible—known as p-hacking—should be classed as a violation of scientific integrity,...

In 2008, psychologists proposed that when humans are shown an unfamiliar face, they judge it on two main dimensions: trustworthiness and...

‘A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents...

Misuse of commonly used statistical methods have for long plagued scholarly research, resulting in big claims being drawn from weak...

Every year, people at hundreds of schools and workplaces around the world are taught how to stand like Superman. The rationale behind...

I spoke to Heather Goldstone of Living Lab Radio about the Loss of Confidence project, which I recently wrote a feature article about for...

Many areas of science are facing questions over the reproducibility of findings reported in scholarly literature. Researchers haven't...

Attempts to explain the findings of observational studies might lead readers to confuse correlation with causation. The full article was...

An unorthodox new astronomy journal is geared toward short, succinct updates of work in progress. Research Notes of the American...

A study of how people perceive human faces will kick off a new initiative to massively scale up, accelerate, and reproduce psychology...

I was invited to Science Friday to talk about the recent debate around lowering p-value thresholds. Listen to the podcast here. I...

Researchers are at odds over when to dub a discovery 'significant'. In July, 72 researchers took aim at the P value, calling for a lower...

Science is in the throes of a reproducibility crisis, and researchers, funders and publishers are increasingly worried that the scholarly...

A popular theory suggesting people perceive others wearing red as more attractive has come under fire. Read the full article at Slate...

Analytical techniques of four studies by a prominent Cornell University researcher came into question after the scientist blogged about...